Plant Alpinia galanga (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
Dentifrice	1	Martindale's 29th
Deodorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Binder	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Expectorant	8	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	18	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	11	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.