Plant Hedychium flavum (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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	not available	230.0	1.81	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot	not available	590.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Shoot	not available	2690.0	5.04	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Shoot	not available	4960.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Shoot	not available	10000.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Shoot	not available	140.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Shoot	not available	420.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Shoot	not available	10.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiulcer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	3	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	3	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Expectorant	2	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	5	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	2	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *