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
CADINENE	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	611.0	2880.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOLENYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAMPESTEROL-6'-OLEYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAMPESTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAMPESTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CAPROIC-ACID-BUTYL-ESTER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID-PROPYL-ESTER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	176808.0	834000.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CARBON-DISULFIDE	0	Root	not available	1500.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL	1	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEREBROSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORO-PANAXYDIOL	0	Tissue Culture	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiCrohn's	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	3	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	5	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidermatotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidote	1	Merck 11th Edition