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Plant Eleutherococcus senticosus (Araliaceae)

Common Names
Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SUGARS 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Root 18900.0 90000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGARESINOL 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGARESINOL-DI-O-GLUCOSIDE 2 Root not available 1300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGARESINOL-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SYRINGARESINOL-GLUCOSIDE 1 Root not available 790.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Root 40.0 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Root Bark not available 1370.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Stem Bark not available 24.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIN 9 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE 0 Root 0.4 2.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-E 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-E 75 Root not available not available not available Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
WATER 0 Root not available 790000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
WAX 0 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZINC 77 Root 0.9 4.2 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 6 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.