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-RH-2	0	Shoot	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH-3	0	Leaf	2.9	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH-3	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1	2	Leaf	12.5	135.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1	2	Root	not available	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1	2	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-Z-R-1	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES	18	Root	10720.0	30000.0	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES	18	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES	18	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-A	0	Root	not available	12.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-A-LINOLEATE	0	Root	not available	2.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-B	0	Root	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-C	0	Root	not available	1.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-D	0	Root	not available	7.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-E	0	Root	not available	7.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-F	0	Root	not available	2.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-G	0	Root	not available	0.2	-1.00	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
Corticosterogenic	1	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.
Corticosteroidogenic	5	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cosmetic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective	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.
Cytotoxic	15	Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Depressant	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th