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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEXAN-1-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXANOL | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Rhizome | 300.0 | 1738.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Root | 300.0 | 1738.0 | -0.05 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HUMULENE-EPOXIDE-1 | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HUMULENE-EPOXIDE-2 | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Rhizome | 4.0 | 162.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 1.1 | 15.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL | 16 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Rhizome | 0.6 | 40.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ISOEUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOGINGERENONE-B | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 4.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Rhizome | 510.0 | 2926.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Root | 510.0 | 2926.0 | -0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERALDEHYDE | 1 | 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. |
| 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. |