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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ZINC	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *