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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
20(S)-GINSENOSIDE-RH-2 0 Leaf not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
20(S)-PROTOPANAXADIOL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
20-(S)-DIHYDRO-PROTOPANAXATRIONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-GLUCO-GINSENOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-GLUCOSYL-GINSENOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-GLUCOSYL-GINSENOSIDE 0 Root not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
22-TRANS-DEHYDRO-24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-22-TRANS-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-24(25)-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-LANOSTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-12-DIETHYL-TETRADECA-2-5-9-TRIENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-9-10-TRIACETOXY-HEPTADECA-1-16-DIENE-4-6-DIYNE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-DIHYDRO-PANAXACOL 0 Tissue Culture not available 2.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ISO-PROPYL-2-METHOXY-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-SEC-BUTYL-2-METHOXY-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-METHOXY-BENZENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antigargantitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranulocytopenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.