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
PROTEASE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Rhizome	14000.0	129000.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	7000.0	100000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Rhizome	1540.0	8400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Root	1540.0	8400.0	1.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
RAFFINOSE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Rhizome	0.0	5.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.2	3.1	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ROSEFURAN	0	Rhizome	1.0	90.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ROSEFURAN	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Rhizome	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Root	45.0	250.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
SEC-BUTANOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SELENIUM	60	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.1	1.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-3,7(11)-DIENE	0	Rhizome	1.0	65.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
SELINA-3,7(11)-DIENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *