Plant Alpinia galanga (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
8,17-EPOXY-LABD-TRANS-12-ENE-15,16-DIAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-BETA-17-EPOXY-LABD-TRANS-2-ENE-15,16-DIAL	0	Root	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-BETA-17-EPOXY-LABD-TRANS-2-ENE-15,16-DIAL	0	Seed	not available	149.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFRAMODIAL	0	Seed	not available	10.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	900.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	11600.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome	5.0	555.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	11600.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Rhizome	260.0	1844.0	1.97	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH	0	Rhizome	10000.0	71000.0	-0.69	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BASSORIN	0	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.
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Leaf	not available	305.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	5	Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral	3	Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella	2	Duke, 1992 *