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Common Names
Japanese Ginseng
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Rhizome | not available | 7000.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOLENYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL-6'-LINOYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL-6'-OLEYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-I-A | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-I-B | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-III | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-IV | 4 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-IV-A | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-L-10 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-L-5 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-L-9A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-LN-4 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-LT-5 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN-LT-8 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Abortifacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiaggregant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 3 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |