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Plant 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.
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
2-ETHANOYL-FURAN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-6-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-GLUCOGINSENOSIDE-RF 0 Root not available 50.0 not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2-ISO-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ISO-PROPYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ISO-PROPYL-5-METHYL-ANISOLE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-KETO-OCTA-TRANS-3-TRANS-5-DIENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-PYR-4-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-HEXANOIC-ACID-EHTYL-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-TETRADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 29000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-SEC-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RG-3 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-1 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-1 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-2 0 Leaf 6.7 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
20(R)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-2 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20(R)-PROTOPANAXADIOL 0 Leaf 0.1 1.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
20(R)-PROTOPANAXATRIOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20(R)-PROTOPANAXATRIOL 0 Leaf 1.4 12.5 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
Insulinic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 10 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lactogenic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Larvicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 8 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipogenic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.