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
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Flower	1000.0	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Fruit	1000.0	68800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Leaf	11.0	65800.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Rhizome	700.0	1600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Root	380.0	21200.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Shoot	not available	15000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD	3	Pt	100.0	1070.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD-2	0	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RD-2	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Flower	25000.0	60000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Fruit	25000.0	60000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Leaf	15.0	151200.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Rhizome	4700.0	5700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Root	680.0	84800.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Seed	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 *