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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Rhizome | 0.5 | 35.0 | 1.00 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Rhizome | 8.0 | 500.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | 200.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome | 74.0 | 4600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 442600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Rhizome | not available | 663.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | 46.0 | 663.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANGELICOIDENOL-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 14.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-10-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-10-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-6-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-8-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome | 20.0 | 9520.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Rhizome | 430.0 | 2486.0 | -1.00 | 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). |