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Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRANS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome | 5.0 | 350.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 5.0 | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICYCLENE | 0 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 115.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICYCLENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Rhizome | 120.0 | 693.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Root | 120.0 | 693.0 | -0.49 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Rhizome | 200.0 | 1122.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | 200.0 | 1122.0 | -1.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| UNDECAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| UNDECAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URIDINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 11.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Rhizome | 730.0 | 4202.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Root | 730.0 | 4202.0 | 0.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 15 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 7 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamyloid-Beta | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianoxic | 1 | Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990. |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarachidonate | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |