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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-CADINOL | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CEDROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | 280.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 19400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-FARNESENE | 0 | Rhizome | 20.0 | 1250.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ALPHA-FARNESENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-FARNESENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Rhizome | 340.0 | 3190.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Root | 340.0 | 3190.0 | 1.96 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Rhizome | 3.0 | 200.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome | not available | 720.0 | 1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 39000.0 | 1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SELINENE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SELINENE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |