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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
20(S)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-2 0 Leaf 7.0 *
20(S)-PROTOPANAXADIOL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root 10.0 *
20-(S)-DIHYDRO-PROTOPANAXATRIONE 0 Root *
20-GLUCO-GINSENOSIDE 0 Leaf *
20-GLUCOSYL-GINSENOSIDE 0 Flower *
20-GLUCOSYL-GINSENOSIDE 0 Root 50.0 *
22-TRANS-DEHYDRO-24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-ETHYL-22-TRANS-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-ETHYL-24(25)-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-ETHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-LANOSTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Seed Oil *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
3-12-DIETHYL-TETRADECA-2-5-9-TRIENE 0 Shoot *
3-9-10-TRIACETOXY-HEPTADECA-1-16-DIENE-4-6-DIYNE 0 Root *
3-DIHYDRO-PANAXACOL 0 Tissue Culture 2.5 *
3-ISO-PROPYL-2-METHOXY-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
3-SEC-BUTYL-2-METHOXY-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
4-METHYL-METHOXY-BENZENE 0 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Teratologic 1 *
Termiticide 2 *
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Tonic 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 3 Funayama, Y., Nishio, K., Kabayashi, K., Nagao, M., Shimoi, K., Ohira, T., Hasegawa, S., Saijo, N. 1996. Effects of Beta- and Gamma-carboline Derivatives on DNA Topoisomerase Activities. Mutat Research, 249: 183-191.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer 6 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 *
Tremorigenic 2 *
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tremorogenic 1 *
Trichomonicide 4 Martindale's 29th