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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CAPSAICIN | 44 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Rhizome | 92000.0 | 823240.0 | 0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 47390.0 | 677000.0 | -1.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEDOROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEDOROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHAVICOL | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Rhizome | 6.0 | 20.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | not available | 0.6 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSANTHEMIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINEOLE | 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. |
| CIS-1-2-BIS-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOBUTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 13.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-10-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-10-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-12-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 10 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotriglyceridemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IkappaB-alpha-Phosphorylation-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IKB-kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IKK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 12 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Immunosuppressant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inhalant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insect-Repellent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |