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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Yellow Ginger Lily

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Renoirritant	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative	3	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Spasmogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	3	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-91.