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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgoaceae)

Common Names
Ginkgo; Maidenhair Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHOL 4 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-GALLOCATECHOL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PINITOL 0 Pollen Or Spore 76.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-SESAMIN 0 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-SESAMIN 0 Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPI-GALLO-CATECHOL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHOL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(E)-ATLANTONE 0 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
(Z)-ATLANTONE 0 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
1,4-DIMETHYL-2,5-DIISOPROPYLBENZENE 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
1,4-DIMETHYL-2,5-DIISOPROPYLBENZENE 0 Wood Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
10,11-(E)-6-OXO-DIHYDROATLANTONE 0 Plant Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
10,11-(E)-DIHYDROATLANTONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
10,11-(Z)-DIHYDROATLANTONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
10-HEPTACOSANOL 0 Leaf Wax Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 *
ACE-Inhibitor 10 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 15 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *