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
ISOVALERALDEHYDE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPER-CAMPHOR	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
KILOCALORIES	0	Rhizome	690.0	3764.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	690.0	3764.0	0.88	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LABDA-TRANS-8(17)-12-DIENE-15-16-DIAL	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Rhizome	390.0	3630.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Root	390.0	3630.0	1.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LECITHIN	20	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LEUCINE	2	Rhizome	740.0	4257.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Root	740.0	4257.0	-0.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE	2	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome	17.0	1050.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	21000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Rhizome	not available	50.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Rhizome	not available	50.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Rhizome Essent. Oil	3200.0	30000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Root Essent. Oil	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
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.