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Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-12-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOHEXENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 50.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-6-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-8-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-8-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| CIS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-GERANIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-HEXAN-3-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-HEXAN-3-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SELINEN-4-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUIABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 13500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 130000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Root | 0.0 | 13500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiulcer | 32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiuricosuric | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 8 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 2 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Apoptotic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |