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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BETA-FARNES-(3-CIS-6-TRANS)-ENE	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNES-CIS-ENE	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	43000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	Leaf	not available	1000.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETA-FARNESENE	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	Root Essent. Oil	not available	85000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	Stem	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FRUCTOSE	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLUCOSE	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GUAIENE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GUAIENE	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GURJUNENE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GURJUNENE	Root Essent. Oil	not available	60000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HUMULENE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETA-HUMULENE	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MAALIENE	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MAALIENE	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MAALIENE	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MALTOSE	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