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Common Names
Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORNYL-ACETATE | 12 | Leaf | not available | 140.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTAN-1-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADINENE | 4 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Rhizome | 310.0 | 2199.0 | -1.03 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Rhizome | 117000.0 | 830000.0 | 0.73 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVEOL-I | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVEOL-II | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-I | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf | not available | 100.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 10400.0 | 0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENOL-I | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CARYOPHYLLENOL-II | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOLE | 0 | Rhizome | 80.0 | 14400.0 | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| 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 * |