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
CYCLOEUCALENOL	3	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-GLUCOSE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
D-SUCROSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAMMARAN-3-BETA-6-ALPHA-12-BETA-20(R)-25-PENTAOL	0	Shoot	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAMMARAN-3-BETA-6-ALPHA-12-BETA-20(R)-25-PENTAOL-6-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1-2)-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTERINE	0	Leaf	not available	3.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTERINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DENDROLASIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DENSICHINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiTNF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitonsilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitubercular	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	29	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	3	Duke, 1992 *