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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
10-GINGERDIONE 2 Rhizome 11.0 *
10-GINGERDIONE 2 Root *
10-GINGEROL 3 Rhizome 2.6 1862.0 *
10-GINGEROL 3 Root *
10-SHOGAOL 0 Rhizome 74.0 *
10-SHOGOAL 0 Rhizome *
12-GINGEDIOL 0 Rhizome *
12-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome *
14-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome *
16-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome *
2(R)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome 5.6 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
2-(2'-3'-EPOXY-3-METHYL-BUTYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN 0 Rhizome *
2-(3'-METHYL-2'-BUTENYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN 0 Rhizome *
2-6-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL 0 Rhizome *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2-6-DIENE-1-8-DIOL 0 Rhizome *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-7-DIENE-1-6-DIOL 0 Rhizome *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE 0 Rhizome 14.9 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE 0 Rhizome 41.8 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Fibrinolytic 2 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 2 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 52 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 43 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 3 *
GABA-nergic 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Gastroprotective 3 *
Gastrostimulant 4 J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39.
Glaucomagenic 1 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Glutathionergic 1 *
Glutathionigenic 4 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.