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Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Rhizome | 0.5 | 35.0 | 1.00 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Rhizome | 8.0 | 500.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | 200.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome | 74.0 | 4600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 442600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Rhizome | not available | 663.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | 46.0 | 663.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANGELICOIDENOL-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 14.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-10-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-10-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-6-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-8-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome | 20.0 | 9520.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Rhizome | 430.0 | 2486.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fibrinolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 2 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |