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
10-GINGERDIONE	2	Rhizome	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGERDIONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGEROL	3	Rhizome	2.6	1862.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGEROL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-SHOGAOL	0	Rhizome	not available	74.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-SHOGOAL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-GINGEDIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
16-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2(R)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	5.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(2'-3'-EPOXY-3-METHYL-BUTYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(3'-METHYL-2'-BUTENYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2-6-DIENE-1-8-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-7-DIENE-1-6-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	14.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	41.8	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
Antistaphylococcic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	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
Antisunburn	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
Antitachycardic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane	4	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyreotropic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiTourette's	1	Martindale's 28th
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *