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
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 *

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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
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	5	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphenylketonuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodagric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.