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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
(+)-AROMADENDRENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BETA-BISABOLENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CAMPHENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PANASINSENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,3-DIMETHYL-BENZENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-1-DIETHOXY-ETHANE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-2-DIBUTYL-PHENYL-FORMATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ETHOXY-BUTANE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ETHOXY-PENTANE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDE-PROPAN-2-ON-1-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-ACETYL-PANAXYTRIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-3-3-TRIMETHYL-PENTA-1-4-DIENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-5-DIMETHYL-TRIDECANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-5-DIMETHYL-TRIDECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-6-(4-METHYL-3-PENTENYL)-BICYCLO-(3.1.1)-HEPT-2-ENE 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DITERT-BUTYL-4-METHYL-PHENOL 0 Flower Essent. Oil not available 14000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DITERT-BUTYL-4-METHYL-PHENOL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 14000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Shoot 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
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ascaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 17 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *