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Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-12-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOHEXENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 50.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-6-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-8-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-8-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| CIS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-GERANIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-HEXAN-3-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-HEXAN-3-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SELINEN-4-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUIABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 13500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 130000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Root | 0.0 | 13500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 10 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |