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
PROTOPANAXADIOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPANAXADIOL-GLYCOSIDES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYROGLUTAMIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINQUENOSIDE-R-1	0	Root	not available	20.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.4	1.8	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Root	not available	3.4	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SANTALENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Tissue Culture	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
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	5	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.