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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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6-GINGEROL

Chemical ID
6GINGEROL
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD90=62 ug/ml
LD50=25-50 (inv mus)
LD50=250-687 (orl mus)
LD50=25.5 (inv mus) Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
LD50=58.1 (ipr mus) Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
LD50=250 (orl mus)
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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Amphitensive 0.5-1 mg/kg *
Analgesic 1.7-3.5 mg/kg ivn *
Analgesic 140 mg/kg orl mus *
Anti-5-HT *
Antiallergic Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiemetic 25 mg/kg J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39.
Antioxidant *
Antiprostaglandin Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antipyretic 1.7-3.5 mg/kg ivn *
Antipyretic 140 mg/kg orl mus *
Antiseratogenic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitussive Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antiulcer IC58=150 mg/kg Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiulcer IC54=100 mg/kg *
Cardiodepressant Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Cardiotonic Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Cholagogue *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Depressor *
Hepatoprotective Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Zingiber officinale Essential Oil *
Zingiber officinale Root *
Zingiber officinale Root Essent. Oil *
Zingiber officinale Rhizome Essent. Oil *
Zingiber officinale Rhizome 130.0 7138.0 *