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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | 5.4 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALANGIN | 13 | Rhizome | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALANGIN-3-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALANGOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| GINGEROLS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| ISORHAMNETIN | 11 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| IZALPIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFERID | 0 | Rhizome | 600.0 | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFERIDE | 5 | Rhizome | 600.0 | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-ISOVALERATE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PHENYL-ALKYL-KETONES | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 5 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Spasmogenic | 3 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Stimulant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 4 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Transdermal | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |