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
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Rhizome	0.7	45.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	900.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Rhizome	2.0	500.0	0.27	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Rhizome	7.0	465.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	9300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rhizome	not available	330.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rf	2.0	950.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Rhizome	32.0	2850.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	57000.0	106700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome	not available	100.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	5300.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SANTALOL	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	162000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	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 *