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Plant Alpinia galanga (Zingiberaceae)

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
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 5700.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Rhizome 2.0 7775.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 5700.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Rhizome 15.0 108.0 1.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available 350.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1100.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Rhizome not available 50.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 1100.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 9400.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 9400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 170.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 0.1 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome 1.0 20.0 -1.31 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 400.0 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE 5 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf not available 410.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 41300.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 13800.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available 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 *