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
SERINE	1	Rhizome	450.0	2596.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Root	450.0	2596.0	-0.43	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUIPHELLANDRENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITERPENE-HYDROCARBON	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITHUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITHUJENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Rhizome	2030.0	11085.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Root	2030.0	11085.0	3.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOLS	0	Rhizome	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOLS	0	Root	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Rhizome	not available	285.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	2.0	28.5	-0.21	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 *