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
10-GINGERDIONE	2	Rhizome	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGERDIONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGEROL	3	Rhizome	2.6	1862.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGEROL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-SHOGAOL	0	Rhizome	not available	74.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-SHOGOAL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-GINGEDIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
16-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2(R)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	5.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(2'-3'-EPOXY-3-METHYL-BUTYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(3'-METHYL-2'-BUTENYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2-6-DIENE-1-8-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-7-DIENE-1-6-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	14.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	41.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	6	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	4	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	8	Duke, 1992 *