Plant Panax quinquefolius (Araliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

American Ginseng; Ginseng

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ALPHA-NEOCLOVENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PANASINSENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PYRROLIDONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	24.0	285.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYLASE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOFURANOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARASAPONIN-A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARASAPONIN-B	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	11530.0	17615.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Plant	0.3	0.4	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	not available	39.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Plant	1265.0	4310.0	-1.39	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
ACTH-genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adaptogenic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Additive	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.