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
Antiemetic?	1	J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	6	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.