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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.
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
TRIFOLIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIFOLIN 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIPALMITIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIPALMITIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URACIL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Root not available 55.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
VICILIN 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B12 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Root not available 788000.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 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 *