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Panax ginseng

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 1 constituent measurement and 1 adverse-effect record for Panax ginseng. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Panax ginseng C.A. Mey

1Constituent measurements

1Safety records

1Cited sources

3,801Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 3,801 licensed products naming Panax ginseng as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Extract Type TBA
Fresh
decoction
fluid
solid

Source material stated

Dried root(s)
Fruit
Herb top
Herb top and root
Leaf
Leaf and stem
Leaves
New material

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Effect types

Target tissues

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Steroidal triterpene saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Neurotoxicity	Brain	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Chan, Po-Chuen., Fu, Peter P. Toxicity of Panax genseng - An herbal medicine and dietary supplement. Journal of food and drug analysis, 2007, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 416-427.

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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