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
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
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 *