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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLOEUCALENOL | 3 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTEINE | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-FRUCTOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| D-SUCROSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAMMARAN-3-BETA-6-ALPHA-12-BETA-20(R)-25-PENTAOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAMMARAN-3-BETA-6-ALPHA-12-BETA-20(R)-25-PENTAOL-6-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1-2)-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTERINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTERINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DENDROLASIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DENSICHINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Trichomonistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 5 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Uricogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |