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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-MALTOSYL-BETA-D-FRUCTOFURANOSIDE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-NEOCLOVENE 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-NEOCLOVENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PANASINSENE 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-PANASINSENE 0 Root 17.6 *
ALPHA-PANASINSENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PYRROLIDONE 0 Root *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Flower Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Flower Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Shoot *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 5.0 22.0 -0.30 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
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 *
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 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 8 *
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 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiHot-Flash 1 *
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.