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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
PROTOPANAXADIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPANAXADIOL-GLYCOSIDES 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYROGLUTAMIC-ACID 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-ACID 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINQUENOSIDE-R-1 0 Root not available 20.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 0.4 1.8 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Root not available 3.4 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SANTALENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-II 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-III 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN-IV 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *