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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Alpinia officinarum (Zingiberaceae)

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 *
5-METHOXYPHENYL-7-(4''-HYDROXYPHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 4.0 *
7-(4''-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PHENYLHEPT-3,5-DIONE 0 Rhizome 1.6 *
7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYL-3,5-HEPTADIONE 0 Rhizome *
7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-1-PHENYLHEPT-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 48.0 *
7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXYPHENYL)-PHENYLHEPT-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
7-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Rhizome Wealth of India.
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPINOL 0 Rhizome *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Rhizome Wealth of India.
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome Wealth of India.
CAMPHENE 9 Rhizome Wealth of India.
CAMPHOR 41 Rhizome Wealth of India.
D-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Rhizome Wealth of India.
DIARYLHEPTANOIDS 0 Rhizome *
DIHYDROYASHABUSHIKETOL 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DIOXYFLAVONAL 0 Plant *
EO 0 Rhizome 3000.0 10000.0 -0.53 *
EUGENOL 76 Rhizome 90.0 400.0 -0.70 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimetastatic 1 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimite 1 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinitrosaminic 1 *
Antinitrosating 1 *
Antinociceptive 2 *
Antiobesity 1 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 9 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).