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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL...GLUCOPYRANOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| OBTUSIFOLIOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Root | 150.0 | 700.0 | 0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID | 1 | Root | not available | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 160000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 86000.0 | 1.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Stem Essent. Oil | not available | 160000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANACENE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| PANASENOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| PANASENOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANASINSANOL-A | 0 | Root | not available | 2.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANASINSANOL-B | 0 | Root | not available | 12.5 | not available | 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 |