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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Rhizome | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLAL | 20 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 6500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 3000.0 | 130000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLYL-ACETATE | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Rhizome | 0.9 | 42.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 0.3 | 4.2 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Rhizome | 3.0 | 16.0 | 1.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | 3.0 | 16.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMENE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMENE | 1 | Root | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CURCUMIN | 135 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CURCUMIN | 135 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIN | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTEINE | 13 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTEINE | 13 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Rhizome | 80.0 | 462.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiproliferative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsoriatic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antipsychotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipyretic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiradicular | 15 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 7 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatitic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |