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
PANAXYNE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANAXYNE-EPOXIDE	0	Root	1.8	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANAXYNOL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PANAXYNOL-LINOLEATE	0	Root	not available	1.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANAXYTRIOL	1	Root	14.2	250.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Root	not available	6.6	-1.57	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULENE	2	Root Essent. Oil	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit Epidermis	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERLARGONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERLOLYRINE	0	Root	not available	1.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLETHANOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHEOPHYTIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID	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 *