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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDROL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Rhizome not available 280.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 19400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Rhizome 20.0 1250.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 25000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Rhizome 340.0 3190.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Root 340.0 3190.0 1.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Rhizome 3.0 200.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Rhizome not available 720.0 1.11 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 39000.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Rhizome 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.