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
4-METHYL-THIAZOLE-5-ETHANOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-OXY-OCT-6-ENOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYL-2-3-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALKYNE-HEXADEC-4-TRANS-ENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-2-KETO-HEPTA-3-5-DIENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPT-6-EN-2-ONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-ALKYNE-2-HYDROXY-NONA-TRANS-3-TRANS-5-DIENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-10-EPOXY-HEPTADEC-1-16-DIENE-4-6-DIYN-3-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-10-EPOXY-HEPTADECA-1-16-DIENE-4-6-DIYN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-PANAXYDOL	0	Root	not available	2.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ACIDIC-PEPTIDES	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE	28	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE	28	Root	not available	90.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ADENYL-CYCLASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Flower 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
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.