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
MALTOL	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Root	5100.0	199600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Stem	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.4	1.9	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAYURONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAYURONE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-6,9-DIALKYNE-OCTADECATE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONOSACCHARIDES	0	Root	not available	15000.0	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)

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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