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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELEMOL | 2 | Rhizome | 3.0 | 190.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ELEMOL | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 3800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | 60000.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 10000.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | 700.0 | 30000.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Or | 800.0 | 50000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-ACETATE | 6 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| ETHYL-ACETATE | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-ISOPROPYL-SULFIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| ETHYL-ISOPROPYL-SULFIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-MYRISTATE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-MYRISTATE | 1 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESAL | 2 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 100.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| FARNESAL | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESENE | 2 | Rhizome | 245.0 | 4910.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimastalgic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antimenopausal | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 5 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimite | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antimorphinistic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 19 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |