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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
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRANE-4-BETA-10-ALPHA-DIOL 0 Plant not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root not available 0.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 10600.0 50000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTASE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE 10 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Root not available not available 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
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sclerosant 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretomotor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 16 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 3 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant 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.
Sweetener 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *