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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Alpinia officinarum (Zingiberaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Ginger, Lesser Galangal
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1,7-DIPHENYL-5-HYDROXY-3-HEPTANONE Rhizome -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 1,7-DIPHENYL-5-HYDROXYHEPTAN-3-ONE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 1,7-DIPHENYLHEPT-4-EN-3-ONE Rhizome -- -- -- *
67 1,8-CINEOLE Rhizome -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 1-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-7-PHENYLHEPTANE-3,5-DIOL Rhizome -- 10.0 -- *
0 1-PHENYL-7-(4''-HYDROXYPHENYL)-HEPT-4-EN-3-ONE Rhizome -- 8.0 -- *
0 1-PHENYL-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 3,5,7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 5-EPIDIHYDROYASHABUSHIKETOL Rhizome -- 65.0 -- *
0 5-EPIHEXAHYDROCURCUMIN Rhizome -- 5.0 -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-1,7-DIPHENYLHEPTAN-3-ONE Rhizome -- 137.0 -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-1-PHENYL-7-(4''-HYDROXY-3''-METHOXYPHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE Rhizome -- 330.0 -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-7-(4''-HYDROXY-3''-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYLHEPTAN-3-ONE Rhizome -- 367.0 -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-7-(4''-HYDROXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYLHEPTAN-3-ONE Rhizome -- 30.0 -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYL-3-HEPT... Plant -- -- -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-PHENYL-3-HEPTANONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-7-(4'-HYDROXYPHENYL)1-PHENYL-3-HEPTANONE Rhizome -- -- -- Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
0 5-HYDROXY-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYL-HEPTANONE Plant -- -- -- *
0 5-METHOXY-1,7-DIPHENYLHEPTAN-3-ONE Rhizome -- 110.0 -- *
0 5-METHOXY-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3''-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYLHEPTAN-3-ONE Rhizome -- 12.0 -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.