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Common Names
Chinese Ginseng; Oriental Ginseng; Ginseng; Korean Ginseng
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mutagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycorelaxant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Myocardiotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Myostimulant | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Narcotic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 9 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neurogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroinhibitor | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neurolytic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Neuroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 3 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |