Panax quinquefolius Overview Page


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Common Name

American Ginseng

Taxonomic Classification

Araliaceae family

Drug Uses

There are many reported benefits for Ginseng including:

  • Quality of life enhancements such as acting as a stimulatory, stress reducer, enhanced cognitive function and mental awareness.
  • Protective effects such as neuroprotective, chemopreventive, musculoprotective
  • Immunomodulatory effect
  • Antioxidant
  • Antidiabetic and hypoglycemic by reducing insulin resistance and lowering blood sugar levels.
  • Aphrodisiac effect reportedly due to ginsenosides.


Chemical Structure: Ginsenosides Rb1Clinical TrialsMajor Metabolites

Enzyme Information

Enzyme NameEC NoGenbank AccessionGI No
N/AN/AN/AN/A

Entries in Genbank

dbEST/(Kb) dbGSS/(Kb) dbPLN/(Kb) dbHTG/(Kb) Total Entriesa/(Kb)
5018
(2487.0kb)		0
(0kb)		136
(80.6kb)		0
(0kb)		5154
(2567.6kb)

aThe Total Entries column is the sum of the entries from the dbEST, dbGSS, dbPLN, and dbHTG columns. Data retrieved from NCBI on May 14 2010.

Transcript Assemblies

    N/A

    Cloned Genes

    • N/A

    Pubmed Records

    • 88 records

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