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
Anticlaudificant?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplement	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticonvulsant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	3	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidementia	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).