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
3(R)-ACETOXY-5(S)-DYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	15.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(S)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(S)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-7-BIS-(3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	15.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(S)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(S)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	5.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-5-DIACETOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	30.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-5-DIACETOXY-7-(3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	3.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-6-EPOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECA-3-5-DIENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-TRANS-6-DIEN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETOXY-1,5-EPOXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-EPIACETOXY-1,5-EPOXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINEOL	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5(S)-3(R)-DIHYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	53.1	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
Antigastric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic	1	American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	2	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.