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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

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
6-GINGEROL 28 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-GINGEROL 28 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-GINGEROL 28 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-GINGESULFONIC-ACID 1 Rhizome not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-OL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome 2.0 50.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYLGINGEDIACETATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYLGINGEDIACETATE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-METHYLGINGEDIOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYLGINGEDIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-PARADOL 0 Rhizome not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-SHOGAOL 32 Rhizome 40.0 330.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-(3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPT-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome not available 1.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-BETA-17-EPOXY-LABD-TRANS-12-ENE-15,16-DIAL 1 Rhizome not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-GINGEDIOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-GINGEROL 5 Rhizome 110.0 1069.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-GINGEROL 5 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-GINGEROL 5 Root 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
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.