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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
SODIUM 1 Rhizome 60.0 709.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root 30.0 423.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Rhizome 123000.0 500000.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Root 35000.0 600000.0 1.19 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Rhizome 170.0 1540.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root 170.0 1540.0 2.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root 40.0 200.0 0.33 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCROSE 14 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 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.
SUGARS 0 Root 5600.0 80000.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Rhizome 1.0 90.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TERPINOLENE 9 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERT-BUTANOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN 31 Rhizome 0.0 3.0 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Root 0.0 3.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE 0 Root 0.1 1.5 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Rhizome 360.0 2057.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Root 360.0 2057.0 -0.49 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *