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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GINSENOSIDE-RH-2 0 Shoot not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH-3 0 Leaf 2.9 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH-3 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 2 Leaf 12.5 135.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 2 Root not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 2 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-Z-R-1 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 18 Root 10720.0 30000.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 18 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 18 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-A 0 Root not available 12.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-A-LINOLEATE 0 Root not available 2.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-B 0 Root not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-C 0 Root not available 1.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-D 0 Root not available 7.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-E 0 Root not available 7.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-F 0 Root not available 2.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-G 0 Root not available 0.2 -1.00 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
Antimalarial 6 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetaplastic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimetastatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.