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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUCROSE | 14 | Stem | not available | 3500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGARS | 0 | Root | 19080.0 | 90000.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUPEROXIDE-DISMUTASE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIC-ACID | 41 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEOL | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| TERPINEOL | 18 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | not available | 1.7 | -0.44 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Root | 0.4 | 1.7 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THUJ-4(10)-ENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | 3.4 | 16.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOLUENE | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRACE-ELEMENTS | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE | 2 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 80000.0 | 0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSANOIC-ACID | 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 * |