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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Panax ginseng (Araliaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SODIUM 1 Root 5.0 24.0 -0.50 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Plant 15.9 -0.54 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Root *
SPERMINE 1 Root *
SPINACINE 0 Root 33.3 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil *
SQUALENE-2-3-OXIDE 0 Seed Oil *
STARCH 5 Rhizome *
STARCH 5 Root 25440.0 120000.0 -0.82 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root *
STIGMASTEROL-6'-LINOLENYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-OLEYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root *
SUCROSE 14 Leaf 6400.0 -0.92 *
SUCROSE 14 Rhizome *
SUCROSE 14 Root 1300.0 226000.0 1.04 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 2 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 3 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
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 *
Allelochemic 3 *
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 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *