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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-PROPIONATE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Rhizome | 1200.0 | 11220.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Root | 1200.0 | 11220.0 | 3.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LYSINE | 4 | Rhizome | 570.0 | 3110.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Root | 570.0 | 3110.0 | -0.58 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Rhizome | 430.0 | 2690.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 188.0 | 2690.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Rhizome | 106.0 | 350.0 | 1.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 2.4 | 33.8 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MELATONIN | 23 | Rhizome | not available | 0.0 | not available | Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634. |
| MENTHOL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MENTHOL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Rhizome | 130.0 | 737.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Root | 130.0 | 737.0 | -0.59 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| METHYL-10-GINGEROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-10-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| METHYL-12-GINGEDIOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-12-GINGEROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-6-GINGEROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | 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. |