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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LYSINE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 102.0 481.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
MALEIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYL-GINSENOSIDE-RB-1 0 Rhizome 6900.0 13000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYL-GINSENOSIDE-RB-1 0 Root 2730.0 13000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYL-GINSENOSIDE-RB-2 0 Rhizome 4000.0 4200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYL-GINSENOSIDE-RB-2 0 Root 1370.0 11000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYL-GINSENOSIDE-RC 0 Rhizome 3400.0 3500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYL-GINSENOSIDE-RC 0 Root 1000.0 8400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYL-GINSENOSIDE-RD 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYL-GINSENOSIDE-RD 0 Root 400.0 1200.0 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
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 12 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 7 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.