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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORETENOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-9-FORMYL-HARMAN | 0 | Root | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-FORMYL-HARMAN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PENTADECANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PENTADECANE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEO-INTERMEDEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 10.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOCLOVENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| NEOXANTHIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERVONIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 17.0 | 80.0 | 0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTINAMIDE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTINIC-ACID | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NORHARMAN | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOTOGINSENOSIDE-R-1 | 0 | Root | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL...FRUCTOFURANOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOPO-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorilytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Tremorogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 4 | Martindale's 29th |