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
SODIUM	1	Root	5.0	24.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL	0	Plant	not available	15.9	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPINACINE	0	Root	not available	33.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE-2-3-OXIDE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	25440.0	120000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-6'-LINOLENYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-OLEYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Leaf	not available	6400.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	1300.0	226000.0	1.04	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
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.