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
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BETA-PRIMEVEROSIDE	0	Root	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYLASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Root Essent. Oil	not available	150000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Root Essent. Oil	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 *