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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GINGEDIACETATE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GINGERENONE-A 3 Rhizome 118.0 136.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGERENONE-B 2 Rhizome not available 4.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGERENONE-C 2 Rhizome not available 14.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGERGLYCOLIPID-A 0 Rhizome not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGERGLYCOLIPID-B 0 Rhizome 14.0 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGERGLYCOLIPID-C 0 Rhizome not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGEROL 27 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGEROL 27 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGEROL 27 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGEROL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGEROLS 0 Rhizome not available 13200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGERONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGERONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLANOLACTONE 0 Rhizome not available 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULIN 0 Rhizome 2366.0 21801.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLOBULIN 0 Root 2366.0 21801.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLUCOSE 7 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 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.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Rhizome 1620.0 9328.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirhinoviral 4 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antischistosomiac 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antisclerodermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 34 Merck 11th Edition
Antiseratogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 6 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 32 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antisprue 1 Duke, 1992 *