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Eleutherococcus Senticosus

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Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2

Part of the book series: Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs ((HERBAL DRUGS,volume 2))

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Like Panax ginseng and its congeners (see our monograph on Panax ginseng in the preceding volume), Eleutherococcus senticosus (Ruprecht et Maximowicz) ex Maxim. belongs to the family Araliaceae. Another synonym frequently used in the international literature, and preferred by Asian scientists, is Acanthopanax senticosus (Ruprecht et Maximowicz) Harms. The plant is also known by the more popular names Siberian ginseng, taiga root, eleuthero, thorny ginseng, touch-me-not, and devil’s shrub. In the USSR, the plant is called Eleutherokokk koljucij. In China and in Japan it is known as Wujiapi or Ciwujia [1–5].

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Sonnenbora, U., Hänsel, R. (1993). Eleutherococcus Senticosus. In: De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hänsel, R., Chandler, R.F. (eds) Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48906-8_12

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