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
FAT	0	Rhizome	7000.0	77000.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	5040.0	72000.0	1.64	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
FIBER	15	Rhizome	9000.0	171000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	9000.0	171000.0	1.84	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Root	not available	171000.0	1.77	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Root	not available	242000.0	-1.71	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE	3	Rhizome	not available	7.9	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Rhizome	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Root	not available	2.0	1.33	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FRUCTOSE	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	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.
FURANOGERMENONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	70.0	380.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Root	70.0	380.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GALANOLACTONE	4	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALANOLACTONE	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	22	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	23	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	9	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitumor-Promoter?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	4	Duke, 1992 *