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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
6-GINGEROL 28 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
6-GINGEROL 28 Root *
6-GINGEROL 28 Root Essent. Oil *
6-GINGESULFONIC-ACID 1 Rhizome 13.0 *
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-OL 0 Rhizome *
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome 2.0 50.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
6-METHYLGINGEDIACETATE 0 Rhizome *
6-METHYLGINGEDIACETATE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-METHYLGINGEDIOL 0 Rhizome *
6-METHYLGINGEDIOL 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-PARADOL 0 Rhizome 9.0 *
6-SHOGAOL 32 Rhizome 40.0 330.0 *
7-(3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPT-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 1.4 *
7-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome *
8-BETA-17-EPOXY-LABD-TRANS-12-ENE-15,16-DIAL 1 Rhizome 400.0 *
8-GINGEDIOL 0 Rhizome *
8-GINGEROL 5 Rhizome 110.0 1069.0 *
8-GINGEROL 5 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
8-GINGEROL 5 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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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.