Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ginger

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
ZINGIBERENE	6	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENE	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENES	0	Rhizome	890.0	17836.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ZINGIBERENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENOL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL	0	Rhizome	0.0	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	2900.0	160000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERONE	2	Rhizome	0.3	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERONE	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZONARENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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
Antiophthalmic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	47	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	1	Martindale's 29th
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *