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
HETEROGLYCAN-F	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Root	not available	20.0	-1.73	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Root Essent. Oil	not available	24000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE	2	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	7	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETYL-ASPARTATE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID	1	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISO-BUTYL-PROPIONATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISO-PROPYL-PROPIONATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	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
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.