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
LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-PROPIONATE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Rhizome	1200.0	11220.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	1200.0	11220.0	3.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE	4	Rhizome	570.0	3110.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Root	570.0	3110.0	-0.58	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Rhizome	430.0	2690.0	1.08	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	188.0	2690.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Rhizome	106.0	350.0	1.50	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	2.4	33.8	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
MELATONIN	23	Rhizome	not available	0.0	not available	Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634.
MENTHOL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Rhizome	130.0	737.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Root	130.0	737.0	-0.59	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-10-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-10-SHOGOAL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
METHYL-12-GINGEDIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-12-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-6-GINGEROL	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
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	14	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	28	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Amphitensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	22	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anaphylactic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anti-5-HT	4	Duke, 1992 *