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-RB-2	8	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-3	2	Flower	not available	136.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-3	2	Root	not available	50.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-C	0	Root	not available	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-C	0	Root Bark	not available	24000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-GROUP	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-GROUP	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Flower	672.0	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Fruit	1000.0	36700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Leaf	3.5	37700.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Rhizome	not available	4700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Root	500.0	25000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Shoot	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Pt	not available	1900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC-2	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Cholinergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	4	Martindale's 28th
CNS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Sedative	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.
CNS-Stimulant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Convulsant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *