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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEASE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Rhizome | 14000.0 | 129000.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 7000.0 | 100000.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Rhizome | 1540.0 | 8400.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Root | 1540.0 | 8400.0 | 1.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 5.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 0.2 | 3.1 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ROSEFURAN | 0 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 90.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ROSEFURAN | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 1800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Root | 45.0 | 250.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SEC-BUTANOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Root | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELINA-3,7(11)-DIENE | 0 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 65.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| SELINA-3,7(11)-DIENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 1300.0 | not available | 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. |