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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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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
CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 480000.0 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 20500.0 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 20500.0 *
CITRONELLOL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome *
D-PINENE 0 Rhizome *
DI-(P-HYDROXY-CIS-STYRYL)-METHANE 0 Rhizome 5.0 *
EO 0 Leaf 10000.0 -0.14 *
EO 0 Rhizome 400.0 48000.0 0.03 *
EUGENOL 76 Rhizome 100.0 12000.0 1.41 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EUGENOL-ACETATE 1 Rhizome *
EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER 5 Rhizome *
FAT 0 Rhizome 4000.0 28000.0 -0.38 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FIBER 15 Rhizome 31000.0 220000.0 0.47 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALANAL-A 0 Rhizome *
GALANAL-A 0 Seed *
GALANAL-B 0 Rhizome *
GALANAL-B 0 Seed *
GALANGIN 13 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALANGIN 13 Root *
GALANGIN-3-METHYL-ETHER 0 Root *
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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 *