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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
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2 8 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-3 2 Flower not available 136.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-3 2 Root not available 50.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-C 0 Root not available 14000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-C 0 Root Bark not available 24000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-GROUP 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-GROUP 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Flower 672.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Fruit 1000.0 36700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Leaf 3.5 37700.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Rhizome not available 4700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Root 500.0 25000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Shoot not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC 6 Pt not available 1900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC-2 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
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitumor-Promoter? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 22 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiurethrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 18 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 9 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 3 Duke, 1992 *