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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
GINSENOYNE-H 0 Root not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-I 0 Root not available 2.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-J 0 Root not available 3.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-K 0 Root not available 14.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNES 0 Root not available not available not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
GLUCOSE 7 Leaf not available 5800.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Root 100.0 9000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Stem not available 14700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLY-ARG-GAMMA-GLU-VAL-NH2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCO-CHENODEOXYCHOLIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCO-DEOXY-CHOLIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOCHOLIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GOMSEMPSODE-RB-2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Root 27560.0 130000.0 0.98 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
Antimutagenic 18 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarodtic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 4 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th