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
MALTOL	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Root	5100.0	199600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Stem	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.4	1.9	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAYURONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAYURONE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-6,9-DIALKYNE-OCTADECATE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONOSACCHARIDES	0	Root	not available	15000.0	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)

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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
Hemostat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	13	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoregenerative	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatotoxic	3	Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	7	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	1	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Homeostatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hormone	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperuricemic	1	Martindale's 28th
Hypnotic	2	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th