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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SITOSTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL-6'-OLEYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | not available | 499.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL-6'-LINOLENYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL-6'-LINOLYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL-6'-OLEYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL-6'-PALMITYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL-6'-STEARYLGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Rhizome | not available | 20.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Collagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Copper-Antagonist | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Corticosteroidogenic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 4 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hepatoprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |