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
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Flower	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Leaf	9.0	8000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Rhizome	8800.0	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Root	1700.0	83000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Shoot	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-1	14	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Flower	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Fruit	200.0	29500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Leaf	11.0	58300.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Rhizome	4500.0	5700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Root	100.0	23000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Shoot	not available	4000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RB-2	8	Stem	not available	3970.0	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
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antienteritic	2	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	10	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antifeedant	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	2	Duke, 1992 *