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
ELEMOL	2	Rhizome	3.0	190.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ELEMOL	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	3800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	60000.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	not available	10000.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	700.0	30000.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Or	800.0	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	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.
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ISOPROPYL-SULFIDE	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.
ETHYL-ISOPROPYL-SULFIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-MYRISTATE	1	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESAL	2	Rhizome	1.0	100.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
FARNESAL	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE	2	Rhizome	245.0	4910.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)

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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
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Endocrinactive	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enteromotility-Enhancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	13	Duke, 1992 *
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.