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
PROTOPANAXADIOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPANAXADIOL-GLYCOSIDES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYROGLUTAMIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINQUENOSIDE-R-1	0	Root	not available	20.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.4	1.8	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Root	not available	3.4	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SANTALENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
NO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ophthalmic-Antialkali	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	4	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant	3	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
PAF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Parasympathomimetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	21	Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	51	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.