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
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRANE-4-BETA-10-ALPHA-DIOL	0	Plant	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	0.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	10600.0	50000.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE	10	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Root	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
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