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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 0 | Rhizome | 7000.0 | 77000.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 5040.0 | 72000.0 | 1.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| FIBER | 15 | Rhizome | 9000.0 | 171000.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | 9000.0 | 171000.0 | 1.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Root | not available | 171000.0 | 1.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Root | not available | 242000.0 | -1.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | 7.9 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Root | not available | 2.0 | 1.33 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | 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. |
| FURANOGERMENONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GADOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | 70.0 | 380.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GADOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Root | 70.0 | 380.0 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GALANOLACTONE | 4 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALANOLACTONE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID | 22 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | 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). |