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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CIS-12-SHOGOAL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOHEXENE 0 Rhizome not available 50.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-6-SHOGOAL 0 Rhizome not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-8-SHOGAOL 0 Rhizome not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-8-SHOGOAL 0 Rhizome not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
CIS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-GERANIC-ACID 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-HEXAN-3-OL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-HEXAN-3-OL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-NEROLIDOL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ROSE-OXIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SELINEN-4-OL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SESQUIABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Rhizome 0.0 13500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 130000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Root 0.0 13500.0 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
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 14 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAddisonian 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomacarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 15 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th