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
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Rhizome	0.7	45.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	900.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Rhizome	2.0	500.0	0.27	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Rhizome	7.0	465.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	9300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rhizome	not available	330.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rf	2.0	950.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Rhizome	32.0	2850.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	57000.0	106700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome	not available	100.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	5300.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SANTALOL	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	162000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *