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Common Names
Greater Galangal; Siamese Ginger; Languas
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimenopausal | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antimutagenic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinesidioblastosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineuralgic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 2 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |