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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Panax ginseng (Araliaceae)

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
2-ETHANOYL-FURAN 0 Shoot *
2-ETHYL-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
2-ETHYL-6-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
2-GLUCOGINSENOSIDE-RF 0 Root 50.0 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2-ISO-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
2-ISO-PROPYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
2-ISO-PROPYL-5-METHYL-ANISOLE 0 Root *
2-KETO-OCTA-TRANS-3-TRANS-5-DIENE 0 Shoot *
2-METHYL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-PYR-4-ONE 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-HEXANOIC-ACID-EHTYL-ESTER 0 Root *
2-METHYL-TETRADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil 29000.0 *
2-SEC-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RG-3 0 Fruit *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-1 0 Fruit *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-1 0 Rhizome *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-2 0 Leaf 6.7 10.0 *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-2 0 Shoot *
20(R)-PROTOPANAXADIOL 0 Leaf 0.1 1.4 *
20(R)-PROTOPANAXATRIOL 0 Fruit *
20(R)-PROTOPANAXATRIOL 0 Leaf 1.4 12.5 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypocalcemic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic 21 *
Hypoglycemic 20 *
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 3 *
Hypotensive 16 *
Hypothermic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 12 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Immunostimulant 11 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 2 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 *
Inotropic 1 *
Insecticide 6 *
Insectifuge 16 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.