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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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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
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 10 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic 2 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.