Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ginger

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
P-CYMENE	16	Rhizome	not available	90.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	26000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
P-MENTHA-1,5-DIEN-7-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1-8-DIEN-7-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Rhizome	1200.0	11220.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	1200.0	11220.0	0.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Rhizome	210.0	1145.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Root	210.0	1145.0	0.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Rhizome	2.0	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Root	2.0	11.0	-0.94	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PARADOL	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULI-ALCOHOL	4	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULI-ALCOHOL	4	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
PENTAN-2-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PERILLALDEHYDE	11	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PERILLEN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	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
(-)-Chronotropic	3	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	3	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.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
8-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	10	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive	1	Science News, 145: 294.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic	1	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
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	1	Duke, 1992 *