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Plant 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.
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
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRANE-4-BETA-10-ALPHA-DIOL 0 Plant not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root not available 0.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 10600.0 50000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTASE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE 10 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
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.