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
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
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bradycardic	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.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	7	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *