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Common Names
Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-PINENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1705.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Rhizome | 8.0 | 985.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE | 3 | Fruit | not available | 47.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE | 3 | Seed | not available | 570.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE | 5 | Rhizome | 770.0 | 27300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE | 5 | Seed | 960.0 | 15000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1'-HYDROXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1300.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 1300.0 | 300000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | not available | 10.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 22700.0 | 1.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-HEPTADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiacid | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacne | 5 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 2 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Antiaging | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergic | 6 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialzheimeran | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |