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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYSTINE 2 Root 80.0 462.0 -0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
D-BORNEOL 4 Rhizome 14.0 1102.0 1.00 *
D-BORNEOL 4 Root 14.0 1102.0 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Rhizome *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Rhizome *
DECANAL 0 Plant 5.0 100.0 1.00 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Root *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Rhizome 1.0 65.0 -0.67 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Rhizome Essent. Oil 1300.0 *
DELTA-CAR-3-ENE 0 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
DEMETHYL-HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome *
DEMETHYL-HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN 0 Root *
DIETHYLSULFIDE 0 Essential Oil Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
DIETHYLSULFIDE 0 Rhizome *
DIHYDROGINGEROL 0 Rhizome *
DIHYDROGINGEROL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
DODEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Rhizome *
DODECANOIC-ACID 1 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 47 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 18 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 3 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 9 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 3 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 10 *
Cardiotonic 7 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative 5 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 Abstract (See species file)
Chelator 1 *