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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELEMOL | 2 | Rhizome | 3.0 | 190.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ELEMOL | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 3800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | 60000.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 10000.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | 700.0 | 30000.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Or | 800.0 | 50000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-ACETATE | 6 | 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. |
| ETHYL-ACETATE | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-ISOPROPYL-SULFIDE | 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. |
| ETHYL-ISOPROPYL-SULFIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-MYRISTATE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-MYRISTATE | 1 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESAL | 2 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 100.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| FARNESAL | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESENE | 2 | Rhizome | 245.0 | 4910.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESOL | 17 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotonic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 2 | Abstract (See species file) |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |