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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NONAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | 8.0 | 160.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 3200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 50.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Root | 2.0 | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONYL-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONYL-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-1-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Rhizome | 1190.0 | 11000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | 1190.0 | 11000.0 | 3.06 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Rhizome | not available | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Root | not available | 5000.0 | 2.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Rhizome | not available | 19.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Rhizome | 0.5 | 35.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| P-CYMEN-8-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 700.0 | 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 * |