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-RB-2	8	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-3	2	Flower	not available	136.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-3	2	Root	not available	50.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-C	0	Root	not available	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-C	0	Root Bark	not available	24000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-GROUP	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-GROUP	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Flower	672.0	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Fruit	1000.0	36700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Leaf	3.5	37700.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Rhizome	not available	4700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Root	500.0	25000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Shoot	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC	6	Pt	not available	1900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RC-2	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
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 *