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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
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Rhizome 0.0 1.0 -1.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SABINENE 5 Rhizome *
SANTALENE 0 Rhizome *
SERINE 1 Leaf *
STARCH 5 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant Abstract (See species file)
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Rhizome *
TERPINOLENE 9 Rhizome *
THIAMIN 31 Rhizome 1.0 4.0 -0.75 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE 4 Leaf *
TRANS-3,4-DIMETHOXYCINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
TRANS-4-HYDROXYCINNAMALDEHYDE 0 Plant Abstract (See species file)
TRANS-4-METHOXYCINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant Abstract (See species file)
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Leaf 130.0 1.10 *
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Rhizome 4.0 8735.0 1.00 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil *
TRANS-CONIFERYL-DIACETATE 0 Rhizome 14.0 *
TRANS-LABD-8(17),12-DIENE-15,16-DIAL 0 Seed 111.0 *
TRANS-P-COUMARYL-DIACETATE 0 Rhizome 150.0 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Depressant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 3 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 2 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 *
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition