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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |