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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GAMMA-BISABOLENE | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-EUDESMOL | 0 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 115.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| GAMMA-EUDESMOL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Rhizome | 7.0 | 455.0 | 1.00 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 9100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-SELINENE | 0 | Rhizome | 35.0 | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-SELINENE | 0 | Root | 35.0 | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Rhizome | not available | 1230.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Rhizome | not available | 980.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 159000.0 | 400000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 345.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 6900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANYL-ACETATE | 5 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMANIUM | 0 | Rhizome | 87.0 | 169.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEDIACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | 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 | 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 * |