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
(+)-PINENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Leaf	not available	1705.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Rhizome	8.0	985.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE	3	Fruit	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE	3	Rhizome	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXY-EUGENOL-ACETATE	3	Seed	not available	570.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE	5	Rhizome	770.0	27300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-ACETOXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE	5	Seed	960.0	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1'-HYDROXYCHAVICOL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	1300.0	300000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	not available	10.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Rhizome	1.0	22700.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	3	Rhizome	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-HEPTADECANE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.

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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
Antianorectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	13	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	3	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.