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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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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 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf 1705.0 1.41 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Rhizome 8.0 985.0 *
1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE 3 Fruit 47.0 *
1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE 3 Rhizome 130.0 *
1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE 3 Root *
1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE 3 Seed 570.0 *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE 5 Fruit *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE 5 Leaf *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE 5 Rhizome 770.0 27300.0 *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE 5 Root *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE 5 Seed 960.0 15000.0 *
1'-HYDROXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1300.0 -1.01 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 1300.0 300000.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 10.0 -0.53 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Rhizome 1.0 22700.0 1.83 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 3 Rhizome 30.0 *
7-HEPTADECANE 0 Seed Wealth of India.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisarcoma 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseptic 11 Merck 11th Edition
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisinusitic 1 *
Antispasmodic 13 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 4 *
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antithromboxane 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiTNF 1 *
Antitumor 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Breast) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 *