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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CADINENE 4 Shoot *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Root 611.0 2880.0 -0.50 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOLENYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAMPESTEROL-6'-OLEYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAMPESTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAMPESTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPROIC-ACID-BUTYL-ESTER 0 Root *
CAPROIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER 0 Root *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 176808.0 834000.0 0.05 *
CARBON-DISULFIDE 0 Root 1500.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Root Essent. Oil *
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL 1 Root Essent. Oil *
CATALASE 1 Root *
CELLULASE 0 Root *
CEREBROSIDE 0 Root *
CHLORO-PANAXYDIOL 0 Tissue Culture 3.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 1 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 14 *
Antiaging 4 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 2 *
Antiallergic 10 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antialopecic 5 *
Antialzheimeran 6 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antianacarditic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.