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
TRANS-NEROLIDOL	0	Rhizome	5.0	350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-NEROLIDOL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	5.0	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLENE	0	Rhizome	2.0	115.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Rhizome	120.0	693.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Root	120.0	693.0	-0.49	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Rhizome	200.0	1122.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Root	200.0	1122.0	-1.43	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UNDECAN-2-OL	0	Rhizome	1.0	25.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
UNDECAN-2-OL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-2-ONE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URIDINE	0	Rhizome	not available	11.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Rhizome	730.0	4202.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Root	730.0	4202.0	0.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Tuber	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 *