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
N-PROPANOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANONE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-ISOPULEGOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOISOPULEGOLE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NERAL	4	Rhizome	not available	410.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NERAL	4	Rhizome Essent. Oil	81000.0	260000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-OXIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL	11	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
NEROLIDOL	11	Rhizome	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL	11	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Rhizome	5.0	135.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	3.6	51.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Rhizome	2.0	5.2	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Root	2.0	5.2	1.75	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Rhizome	16000.0	24440.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Root	16000.0	24440.0	-0.45	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NONAN-1-AL	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 *