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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
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 7 Martindale's 28th
Teratologic 1 *
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 *
Thymolytic 1 *
Thyrotropic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Tonic 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 5 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Transdermal 2 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).