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-RE	5	Shoot	not available	15000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Stem	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE	5	Pt	600.0	1410.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE-2	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RE-3	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RF	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RF	4	Fruit	not available	6900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RF	4	Leaf	24100.0	38300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RF	4	Rhizome	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RF	4	Root	200.0	9200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RF	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RF	4	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RG	1	Root	4600.0	16300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RG	1	Root Bark	not available	34000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RG	1	Stem	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RG	1	Tissue Culture	12200.0	17300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RG-1	13	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RG-1	13	Flower	400.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RG-1	13	Fruit	400.0	287200.0	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.