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
CHLOROPHYLL	21	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTA-3-5-DIENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Root	1000.0	2000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.2	1.1	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CIS-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CITRAL	53	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITROSTADIENOL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	0.7	3.1	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	not available	17.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Seed Oil	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
Diaphoretic?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	12	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	3	Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	4	Martindale's 28th
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Endrocrin-Tonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Ethanolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	8	Duke, 1992 *