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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
NONAN-2-OL 0 Rhizome not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome 8.0 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 3200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Rhizome 2.0 50.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Root 2.0 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Rhizome 2.0 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Rhizome 1190.0 11000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root 1190.0 11000.0 3.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Rhizome not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Root not available 5000.0 2.54 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Rhizome not available 19.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Rhizome 0.5 35.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
P-CYMEN-8-OL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 700.0 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
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 *