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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

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
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root 1620.0 9328.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTELIN 0 Rhizome 2506.0 23091.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTELIN 0 Root 2506.0 23091.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLYCINE 12 Rhizome 430.0 2486.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Root 430.0 2486.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYOXAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GUAIL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIOL 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Rhizome not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Rhizome 1.0 135.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 2700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN 2 Rhizome 21.3 25.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN 2 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Rhizome 2.0 35.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 2.0 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 17 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 14 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.
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 19 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.