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
GINSENOSIDE-M-6	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-M-7	0	Flower	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-M-7-A	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-M-7-B	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-M-7-CD	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-M-7-ED	0	Flower	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-NG-R-2	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-R-O	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-R-O	4	Rhizome	18000.0	34000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-R-O	4	Root	100.0	11000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RA	0	Root	100.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RA	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RA-1	0	Root	100.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RA-2	0	Root	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RA-3	0	Root	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RA-O	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB	1	Root	11300.0	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB	1	Tissue Culture	13100.0	15900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Bud	not available	2000.0	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
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	5	Martindale's 28th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianoxic	1	Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	6	Merck 11th Edition
Antiarteriosclerotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	35	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.