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
ARGININE	14	Root	430.0	2486.0	-0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE	14	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Rhizome	0.0	317.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	20.0	288.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Rhizome	7700.0	200000.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	2450.0	35000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Rhizome	not available	500.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Rhizome	2080.0	11990.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	2080.0	11990.0	0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Rhizome	5.0	3600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Rhizome Essent. Oil	25000.0	105100.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLOL	0	Rhizome	5.0	295.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-BISABOLOL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	5900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Rhizome	0.0	4.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.1	1.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.