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Non-scientific name:

american ginseng

1 Accepted name(s) for "american ginseng":

Accepted name
Panax quinquefolius L.

14 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L.
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. dried root root
Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Panax quinquefolium L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. dried root root
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Panax quinquefolius Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L.
Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. dried root root
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. root
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. dried root root
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. dried roots root
Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Species in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Panax quinquefolius Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L.
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Peeled and sun-dried (White ginseng) or unpeeled, steamed and dried (red ginseng) Root
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. Panax quinquefolius L. dried roots root

43 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "american ginseng":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
ameerika zensen Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
american white ginseng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amerika ninjin Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amerikanischer ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amerikanne ginseng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
amerikansk ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
aralia quinquefolia Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canadian ginseng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
canadian white ginseng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
chinese seng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
five fingers Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
five-fingers Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garantogen Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ginseng americano Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ginseng d'amerique Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ginseng d'amérique Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ginseng, panax Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
hsi-yang-shen Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hua-ch’i-seng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
huach’i-senh Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kanadischer ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
little indian Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
man root Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
matc’etasa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ninsin Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
north americanginseng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
occidental ginseng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
panacis quinquefolii radix Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
radix panacis quinquefolii Pharmaceutical Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sang Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
seiyou ninjin Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
seng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
shang Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sheng Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
si yang shen Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tartar root Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wenane Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
wild american ginseng Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
xi yang shen Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
xi-yang-shen Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
xiyangshen Other Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
西洋參 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)