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.
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 *