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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Panax ginseng (Araliaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PANAX-GINSENG-20(S)-PROSAPOGENIN 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-GENIN-F-1 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-GENIN-F-2 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-GENIN-F-4 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-GLYCOPROTEIN 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-GLYCOSIDE-P-1 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-LIPOLYTIC-PEPTIDE 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-POLYACETYLENE-C 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-POLYACETYLENE-D 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-POLYACETYLENE-E 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-POLYACETYLENE-F 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-POLYACETYLENE-G 0 Root *
PANAX-GINSENG-PROTEIN 0 Root *
PANAX-GLYCOPROTEIN 0 Root *
PANAX-HETEROGLYCAN-GL-P-I 0 Leaf *
PANAX-HETEROGLYCAN-GL-P-II 0 Leaf *
PANAX-HETEROGLYCAN-GL-P-IV 0 Leaf *
PANAX-OLIGOSACCHARIDE 0 Tissue Culture *
PANAX-PECTIC-HETEROGLYCAN-GL-4-II-B-1-III 0 Leaf *
PANAX-POLYPEPTIDE 0 Root *
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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 *
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 *
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 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 2 *
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 *