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Common Names
Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANAX-POLYPHENOLIC-PERMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Root | 30000.0 | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GH-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-4 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-4-II-B-1-II | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-AI-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-AI-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-B-III | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-NI-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-NI-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-P-N | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-S-2-A | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-PROTEIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-SAPONIN-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-SAPONIN-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-TRITERPENE-GF-VI | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-TRITERPENE-GF-VII | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAXACOL | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAXACOL | 1 | Tissue Culture | 37.0 | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 5 | Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991. |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiHot-Flash | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |