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
PROTOPANAXADIOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPANAXADIOL-GLYCOSIDES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYROGLUTAMIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINQUENOSIDE-R-1	0	Root	not available	20.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.4	1.8	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Root	not available	3.4	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SANTALENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Tissue Culture	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 *