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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil 5700.0 -0.99 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Rhizome 2.0 7775.0 1.00 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Rhizome Essent. Oil 5700.0 -1.00 *
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 350.0 -0.16 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1100.0 -0.40 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Rhizome 50.0 1.00 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 1100.0 1.00 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 9400.0 1.00 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 9400.0 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 170.0 -0.18 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 0.1 -1.02 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome 1.0 20.0 -1.31 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil 400.0 -1.20 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE 5 Rhizome *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf 410.0 0.03 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil 41300.0 -0.12 *
BORNEOL 35 Rhizome *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 13800.0 -0.47 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome *
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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 *