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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
SERINE 1 Rhizome 450.0 2596.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Root 450.0 2596.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SESQUIPHELLANDRENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITERPENE-HYDROCARBON 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITHUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITHUJENE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Rhizome 2030.0 11085.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Root 2030.0 11085.0 3.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL 18 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL 18 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL 18 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL 18 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL 18 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOLS 0 Rhizome not available 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOLS 0 Root not available 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Rhizome not available 285.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Root 2.0 28.5 -0.21 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
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