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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
(+)-6-GINGEROL 0 Root *
(+)-ALPHA-CURCUMENE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-ANGELICOIDENOL 0 Rhizome 14.0 *
(+)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-BORNEOL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
1,5-EPOXY-3-EPIHYDROXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome *
1,5-EPOXY-3-HYDROXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome *
1,5-EPOXY-3-HYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Rhizome 490.0 -0.75 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Rhizome Essent. Oil 26000.0 100000.0 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-DIACETOXYOCTANE 0 Rhizome *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-DIACETOXYOCTANE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-OCTANEDIOL 0 Rhizome *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-OCTANEDIOL 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
1-(4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-DIHYDROXYDECANE 0 Rhizome 2.0 *
1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE-3(S)-DIOL 0 Rhizome 4.0 *
10-DEHYDROGINGERDIONE 3 Rhizome *
10-DIHYDROGINGERDIONE 0 Rhizome 6.3 *
10-EPIZONARENE 0 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
10-GINGEDIOL 0 Rhizome *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Chemopreventive 9 *
Cholagogue 8 J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39.
Choleretic 14 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cholinergic 1 Martindale's 28th
Cicatrizant 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 6 HerbalGram No. 17.
CNS-Inhibitor 2 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 5 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.