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
TRIFOLIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIN	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIPALMITIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIPALMITIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URACIL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Root	not available	55.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
VICILIN	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B12	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	788000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	not available	not available	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
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).