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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
GINSENOSIDE-RH-2 0 Shoot not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH-3 0 Leaf 2.9 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH-3 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 2 Leaf 12.5 135.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 2 Root not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RH1 2 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-Z-R-1 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 18 Root 10720.0 30000.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 18 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDES 18 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-A 0 Root not available 12.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-A-LINOLEATE 0 Root not available 2.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-B 0 Root not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-C 0 Root not available 1.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-D 0 Root not available 7.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-E 0 Root not available 7.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-F 0 Root not available 2.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOYNE-G 0 Root not available 0.2 -1.00 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.