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
ALPHA-CADINOL	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDROL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Rhizome	not available	280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	19400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Rhizome	20.0	1250.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Rhizome	340.0	3190.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Root	340.0	3190.0	1.96	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Rhizome	3.0	200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome	not available	720.0	1.11	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	39000.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	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
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 *