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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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. |