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
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BETA-PRIMEVEROSIDE	0	Root	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYLASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Root Essent. Oil	not available	150000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	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