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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOVALERALDEHYDE 1 Rhizome *
JUNIPER-CAMPHOR 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
KILOCALORIES 0 Rhizome 690.0 3764.0 1.00 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 690.0 3764.0 0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LABDA-TRANS-8(17)-12-DIENE-15-16-DIAL 1 Rhizome *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Rhizome 390.0 3630.0 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Rhizome Essent. Oil 900.0 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Root 390.0 3630.0 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LECITHIN 20 Rhizome *
LECITHIN 20 Root Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LEUCINE 2 Rhizome 740.0 4257.0 1.00 *
LEUCINE 2 Root 740.0 4257.0 -0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Tuber *
LIMONENE 60 Rhizome 17.0 1050.0 0.67 *
LIMONENE 60 Rhizome Essent. Oil 21000.0 1.41 *
LINALOL 0 Rhizome 50.0 -1.00 *
LINALOOL 53 Rhizome 50.0 -1.00 *
LINALOOL 53 Rhizome Essent. Oil 3200.0 30000.0 1.00 *
LINALOOL 53 Root Essent. Oil *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
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 *
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
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 *
Histaminic 1 *
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 *
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.