Common Names
Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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 * |
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. |