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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 6.0 30.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLUCOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HEDERIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MALTOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 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.
CALCIUM 28 Root 840.0 4000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root 1000.0 6045.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Stem Bark not available 77.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-1 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-2 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-3 0 Leaf not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-A-4 0 Leaf not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIWUJIANOSIDE-B 0 Leaf not available 500.0 not available 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
Antihypertensive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischaemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antilactobacillic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 13 Duke, 1992 *