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
Anticataract	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticold	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.