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Common Names
Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANAX-POLYPHENOLIC-PERMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Root | 30000.0 | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GH-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-4 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-4-II-B-1-II | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-AI-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-AI-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-B-III | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-NI-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-GL-NI-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-P-N | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-POLYSACCHARIDE-S-2-A | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-PROTEIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-SAPONIN-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-SAPONIN-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-TRITERPENE-GF-VI | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAX-TRITERPENE-GF-VII | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAXACOL | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANAXACOL | 1 | Tissue Culture | 37.0 | 50.0 | not available | 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 * |