Plant Hedychium flavum (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Yellow Ginger Lily

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Shoot	not available	230.0	1.81	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot	not available	590.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Shoot	not available	2690.0	5.04	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Shoot	not available	4960.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Shoot	not available	10000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Shoot	not available	140.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Shoot	not available	420.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiacetylcholinesterase	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiasthmatic	2	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	5	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.