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
ISOVALERALDEHYDE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JUNIPER-CAMPHOR	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
KILOCALORIES	0	Rhizome	690.0	3764.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	690.0	3764.0	0.88	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LABDA-TRANS-8(17)-12-DIENE-15-16-DIAL	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Rhizome	390.0	3630.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Root	390.0	3630.0	1.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LECITHIN	20	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LEUCINE	2	Rhizome	740.0	4257.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Root	740.0	4257.0	-0.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE	2	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome	17.0	1050.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	21000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Rhizome	not available	50.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Rhizome	not available	50.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Rhizome Essent. Oil	3200.0	30000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Root 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
Chemopreventive	9	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Martindale's 28th
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.