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
TRIFOLIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIN	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIPALMITIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIPALMITIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URACIL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Root	not available	55.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
VICILIN	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B12	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	788000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Cancer-Preventive	40	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	6	Martindale's 28th
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	10	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative	2	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	8	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.
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *