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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Hedychium flavum (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Yellow Ginger Lily
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Shoot 230.0 1.81 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot 590.0 -0.09 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Shoot 2690.0 5.04 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot 10.0 -0.34 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot 4960.0 0.23 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Shoot 10.0 -0.49 *
EO 0 Shoot 10000.0 -0.03 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot 10.0 -0.39 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot 140.0 -0.26 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot 10.0 -0.49 *
SABINENE 5 Shoot 420.0 0.15 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot 10.0 -0.16 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihelicobacter 1 *
Antiinflammatory 3 *
Antilithic 1 *
Antilymphomic 1 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimutagenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antiobesity 1 *
Antioxidant 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiseptic 5 Flav. & Frag. J. 9: 129.
Antispasmodic 4 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 1 *
Antitumor 2 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antitussive 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.