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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
PANAXAN-S 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXAN-T 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXAN-U 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXATRIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXATRIOL 0 Root 700.0 7700.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PANAXATRIOL-GLYCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXATRIOL-SAPONIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXIC-ACID 4 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PANAXIN 5 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PANAXOSIDE-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXOSIDE-A-PROGENIN-I 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXOSIDE-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXOSIDE-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXOSIDE-D 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXOSIDE-E 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXOSIDE-F 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXYDOL 1 Root 357.1 440.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PANAXYDOL 1 Tissue Culture not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXYDOL-CHLOROHYDRIN 0 Root not available 13.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
PANAXYDOL-LINOLEATE 0 Root not available 8.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (pesticides) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 11 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *