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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Vulnerary | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-91. |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772. |