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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
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 10 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antialopecic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 6 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antianacarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.