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Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORON | 4 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Root | 1.0 | 4.0 | -0.74 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENEN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Rhizome | 150.0 | 3458.0 | -0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 116.0 | 1650.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Root | 10.0 | 100.0 | -0.29 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Rhizome | not available | 3080.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 126000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 60.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 1200.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Rhizome | 1800.0 | 1980.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRIC-ACID | 3 | Root | 1800.0 | 1980.0 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Rhizome | 70.0 | 380.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Root | 70.0 | 380.0 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiielus? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 38 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antiinsomniac | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomniac? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinsomnic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiintegrase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiischemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeshan | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiketotic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antilactobacillic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLegionella | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |