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
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYLASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FRUCTOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GAMMA-DIPALMITIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Flower Essent. Oil	not available	55000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GUAIENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	40000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	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.
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MALTOSE	0	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
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 *