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
NONAN-2-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	0	Rhizome	8.0	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	3200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL	0	Rhizome	2.0	50.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL	0	Root	2.0	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONYL-ALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONYL-ALDEHYDE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	2.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Rhizome	1190.0	11000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Root	1190.0	11000.0	3.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID	9	Rhizome	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	5000.0	2.54	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Rhizome	not available	19.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Rhizome	0.5	35.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
P-CYMEN-8-OL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	700.0	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 *