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
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 *