Plant Panax ginseng (Araliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
SODIUM	1	Root	5.0	24.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL	0	Plant	not available	15.9	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPINACINE	0	Root	not available	33.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE-2-3-OXIDE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	25440.0	120000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL-6'-LINOLENYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-OLEYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
STIGMASTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Leaf	not available	6400.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	1300.0	226000.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasotonic	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).