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
COBALT	2	Plant	0.1	0.4	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
COLONIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Plant	6.0	13.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE	13	Plant	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Plant	not available	108.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE	0	Plant	4160.0	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE	1	Plant	5340.0	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-SUCROSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTERIN	0	Plant	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTERINE	0	Plant	not available	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEXTROSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIASTASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	9860.0	29274.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ECHINOCYSTIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Root Essent. Oil	2959.0	14637.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCIN	40	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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).