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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRIFOLIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIFOLIN | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIPALMITIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIPALMITIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URACIL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Root | not available | 55.0 | 0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VICILIN | 0 | Endosperm | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIOLAXANTHIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITAMIN-B12 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Root | not available | 788000.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| FLavor | 23 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 14 | Martindale's 29th |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucogonogenic | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |