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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRICETIN | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Rhizome | 180.0 | 1650.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Root | 180.0 | 1650.0 | 1.73 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRTENAL | 5 | Rhizome | 0.5 | 30.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| MYRTENAL | 5 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-BUTYRALDEHYDE | 1 | 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. |
| N-BUTYRALDEHYDE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DECANAL | 1 | 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. |
| N-HEPTANE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANE | 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. |
| N-NONANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANOL | 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. |
| N-NONANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTANE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTANE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. 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. |
| N-OCTANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PROPANOL | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Demulcent | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dentifrice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Deodorant | 3 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Depressant | 2 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Depressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Digestive | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Diuretic | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |