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
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRANE-4-BETA-10-ALPHA-DIOL	0	Plant	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	0.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	10600.0	50000.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE	10	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Root	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
Antinociceptive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioncychomycotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antionychyotic	2	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxalate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	41	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	6	Duke, 1992 *