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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

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
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BORON 4 Root 1.0 4.0 -0.74 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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)
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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
Antileishmanic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 5 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 5 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).