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
O-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL...GLUCOPYRANOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OBTUSIFOLIOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Root	150.0	700.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	160000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root Essent. Oil	not available	86000.0	1.29	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	160000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANACENE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PANASENOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PANASENOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANASINSANOL-A	0	Root	not available	2.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANASINSANOL-B	0	Root	not available	12.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Lipolytic	4	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.
Lipotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lubricant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	8	Hasegawa,H.,Sung,J.H.,Matsumiya,S.,Uchiyama,M.,Inouye,Y.,Kasai,R.,Yamasaki,K. 1995. Reversal of Daunomycin and Vinblastine Resistance in Multidrug-Resistance P388 Leukemia in vitro through Enhanced Cytotoxicity by Triterpenoids. Planta Med, 61(5):409-413.
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	4	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Mucotropic	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.