An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Zingiber officinale

Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
CYSTINE 2 Root 80.0 462.0 -0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
D-BORNEOL 4 Rhizome 14.0 1102.0 1.00 *
D-BORNEOL 4 Root 14.0 1102.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Rhizome *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Rhizome *
DECANAL 0 Plant 5.0 100.0 1.00 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Root *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Rhizome 1.0 65.0 -0.67 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Rhizome Essent. Oil 1300.0 *
DELTA-CAR-3-ENE 0 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
DEMETHYL-HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome *
DEMETHYL-HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN 0 Root *
DIETHYLSULFIDE 0 Essential Oil Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
DIETHYLSULFIDE 0 Rhizome *
DIHYDROGINGEROL 0 Rhizome *
DIHYDROGINGEROL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
DODEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Rhizome *
DODECANOIC-ACID 1 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
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 *
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 *
Antiischemic 2 *
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeratotic 1 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antilactobacillic 1 *
Antilaryngitic 1 *
AntiLegionella 2 *