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

Common Names
Ginger
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
SODIUM 1 Rhizome 60.0 709.0 0.19 *
SODIUM 1 Root 30.0 423.0 -0.32 *
STARCH 5 Rhizome 123000.0 500000.0 0.42 *
STARCH 5 Root 35000.0 600000.0 1.19 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Rhizome 170.0 1540.0 1.00 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root 170.0 1540.0 2.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root 40.0 200.0 0.33 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCROSE 14 Rhizome *
SUCROSE 14 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SUGARS 0 Root 5600.0 80000.0 -0.23 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Rhizome *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
TERPINOLENE 9 Rhizome 1.0 90.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TERPINOLENE 9 Rhizome Essent. Oil 1800.0 *
TERT-BUTANOL 0 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN 31 Rhizome 0.0 3.0 -0.98 *
THIAMIN 31 Root 0.0 3.0 -0.33 *
THIAMINE 0 Root 0.1 1.5 -0.56 *
THREONINE 4 Rhizome 360.0 2057.0 -1.00 *
THREONINE 4 Root 360.0 2057.0 -0.49 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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 *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 6 *
8-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 2 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 10 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
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 *