Plant Panax ginseng (Araliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
DI-ISO-PROPYL-SULFIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIGLYCOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROPANAXACOL	1	Tissue Culture	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DISACCHARIDES	0	Root	not available	33000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ELEMENE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	100.0	500.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-MUUROLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-MUUROLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EREMOPHIL-1-(10)-11-ENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EREMOPHILA-1-(10)-11-DIENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EREMOPHILENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EREMOPHILENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	23000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRADIOL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRIOL	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTRONE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL	24	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLBENZENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLENE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	3	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adaptogenic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Additive	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	13	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	3	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	17	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *