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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Panax quinquefolius (Araliaceae)

Common Names
American Ginseng; Ginseng
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,3-DIMETHYL-ACRYLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
1,9-CIS-HEPTADECADIENE-1,6-DIYN-3-OL 0 Plant *
1,9-CIS-HEPTADECADIENE-4,6-DIYN-3-OL 0 Plant *
1-2-9-10-DIEPOXY-3-OXO-HEPTADECA-4-6-DIYNE 0 Root 1.7 *
1-HEPTADECAENE-4,6-DIYN-3,8,10-TRIOL 0 Plant *
1-HEPTADECAENE-4,6-DIYN-3,8-DIOL 0 Plant *
1-HYDROXY-9-10-EPOXY-C-OXO-HEPTADECA-4-6-DIYNE 0 Root 7.1 *
1-OCTACOSANOL 0 Plant *
2-PHENYL-DODECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil 41500.0 *
22-TRANS-DEHYDRO-24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-ETHYL-22-TRANS-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-ETHYL-24(25)-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-ETHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-LANOSTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Seed Oil *
28-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-GAMMA-PYRONE 0 Plant *
3-PHENYL-DODECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil 16700.0 *
3-PHENYL-UNDECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil 16700.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 8 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiimpotence 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 24 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 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
Antiischemic 1 *
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 2 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 5 *