| Family |
Araliaceae |
| Subfamily |
Aralioideae |
| Scientific name |
Panax japonicus C. A. Meyer |
| Synonyms |
Aralia quinquefolia (L.) Decaisne & Planchon var. repens (Maximowicz)
Burkill; Panax pseudoginseng Wallich ssp. japonicus (C. A. Meyer) H. Hara;
Panax pseudoginseng Wallich var. japonicus (C. A. Meyer) G. Hoo & C.
J. Tseng; Panax repens Maximovicz; Panax schinseng Nees var. japonicus
Nees |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) tochi-ba-ninjin (トチバニンジン, 橡葉人参 [meaning: Aesculus
leaved ninjin (nijin = Panax ginseng)]) |
| (English common name) Japanese ginseng |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal,
India |
| Habitat |
Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=24 |
| Description |
Plants 50-80cm tall. Leaves 4-7 leaflets. Flowers pedicels 1-2cm long,
pale green 3mm across, 5 stamens, flowering in June to August. Fruits red
ca. 6mm across. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Panax japonicus C. A. Mey. |
| Panax japonicus (T. Nees) C. A. Meyer |
| Saponin containing composition effective against adrenal atrophy (US Patent 4317816/1982) |
| Cosmetic or dermatological composition containing at least one saponin of the ginsenoside type, and its applications, especially for treating the hair (US Patent 5663160/1997) |
| Use of ginsenoside R.sub.0 or a plant extract containing same to promote collagen synthesis (US Patent 5747538/1998) |
| Compositions and methods for enhancing therapeutic effects (US Patent 6383524/2002) |
| Compositions and methods for enhancing therapeutic effects (US Patent 6521269/2003) |
| Combinations of diterpene triepoxide lactones and ditepene lactones or triterpenes for synergistic inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (US Patent 6629835/2003) |
| Physiologically active compositions based upon active ingredients of Basidiomycotina and Araliaceae (US Patent /2004) |
| Composition having physiological activity and production method thereof
(US Patent 6953580/2005) |
| Compositions and methods comprising Panax species (WIPO Patent WO/2007/035723) |
| 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg3 as an anti-angiogenic composition (WIPO Patent WO/2008/010668) |
| Note |
Panax schinseng Nees (2n=44) is native to China and Korea, and cultivated as a traditional
Chinese medicine in Japan too. |
