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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
O-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL...GLUCOPYRANOSE 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.
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Root 150.0 700.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Root not available 26.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 160000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root Essent. Oil not available 86000.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Stem Essent. Oil not available 160000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANACENE 1 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PANASENOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PANASENOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANASINSANOL-A 0 Root not available 2.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
PANASINSANOL-B 0 Root not available 12.5 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
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