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

Common Names
Maraba; Galanga
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
BORNEOL 35 Plant *
BORNEOL 35 Rhizome *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant *
CAMPHENE 9 Rhizome *
CARENE 4 Plant *
CARENE 4 Rhizome *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE 2 Plant *
ETHYL-CINNAMATE 2 Rhizome *
ETHYL-P-METHOXYCINNAMATE 2 Plant *
ETHYL-P-METHOXYCINNAMATE 2 Rhizome *
N-PENTADECANE 0 Plant *
N-PENTADECANE 0 Rhizome *
P-METHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 2 Rhizome Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P-METHOXYSTYRENE 0 Plant *
P-METHOXYSTYRENE 0 Rhizome *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic? 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Antiacetylcholine 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antibacterial 1 (View) *
Antibronchitic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiescherichic 1 (View) *
Antifeedant 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 1 (View) *
Antilithic? 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiotitic 1 (View) *
Antioxidant 1 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipyretic 1 (View) *
Antisalmonella 1 (View) *
Antispasmodic 1 (View) *
Antistaphylococcic 1 (View) *
Antitumor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.