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
ISOLEUCINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KARUSAN-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KARUSAN-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KARUSAN-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KARUSAN-D	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KARUSAN-E	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KETOGLUTARIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	not available	2740.0	-1.38	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
KINETIN	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTRAZINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
LIMONENE	60	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	not available	140.0	-1.11	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIN	0	Root	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
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