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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
5(S)-ACETOXY-3(R)-HYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE 0 Rhizome 15.8 *
5-HYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
5-HYDROXY-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
5-HYDROXY-7-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 2.1 *
5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-3-HYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-DECANE 0 Rhizome 3.0 *
6,10-DEHYDROGINGERDIONE 0 Rhizome *
6,10-DEHYDROGINGERDIONE 0 Root *
6-10-GINGERDIONE 0 Root *
6-DEHYDROGINGERDIONE 2 Rhizome *
6-DIHYDROGINGERDIONE 0 Rhizome *
6-GINGEDIOL 0 Rhizome 21.0 30.0 *
6-GINGEDIOL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
6-GINGEDIOL-ACETATE-METHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
6-GINGEDIOL-DIACETATE 0 Rhizome 3.3 *
6-GINGEDIOL-DIACETATE-METHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome *
6-GINGEDIOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome *
6-GINGERDIOL 1 Rhizome *
6-GINGERDIONE 2 Rhizome 3.3 10.0 *
6-GINGEROL 28 Essential Oil *
6-GINGEROL 28 Rhizome 130.0 7138.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Degranulant 1 *
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 *
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 *
Detoxicant 4 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic 1 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Digestive 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Diuretic 14 *
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 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition