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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
O-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL...GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Seed Oil *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Root 150.0 700.0 0.85 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root *
OXALIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Root *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Root *
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Root 26.0 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 160000.0 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root Essent. Oil 86000.0 1.29 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Stem Essent. Oil 160000.0 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Root *
PALMITOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture *
PANACENE 1 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PANASENOSIDE 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PANASENOSIDE 0 Shoot *
PANASINSANOL-A 0 Root 2.3 *
PANASINSANOL-B 0 Root 12.5 *
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Anticephalagic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 2 *
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *
Anticolic 1 *
Anticolitic 3 *
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticonvulsant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 6 *