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Common Names
Lesser Galangal; Chinese Ginger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-METHOXY-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYL-3-HEPTA... | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHOXYPHENYL-7-(4''-HYDROXYPHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-(4''-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PHENYLHEPT-3,5-DIONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYL-3,5-HEPTADIONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYLHEPT-4-EN-3-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 48.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-PHENYLHEPT-4-EN-3-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 7-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ALPHA-CADINENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| ALPINOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| D-ALPHA-PINENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| DIARYLHEPTANOIDS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROYASHABUSHIKETOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| DIOXYFLAVONAL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Rhizome | 3000.0 | 10000.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Rhizome | 90.0 | 400.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hemostat | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210. |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 7 | 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. |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypotensive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insect-Repellent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |