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
ZINGIBERENE	6	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENE	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENES	0	Rhizome	890.0	17836.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ZINGIBERENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENOL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL	0	Rhizome	0.0	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	2900.0	160000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERONE	2	Rhizome	0.3	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERONE	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZONARENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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 *