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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
3(R)-ACETOXY-5(S)-DYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE 0 Rhizome 15.8 *
3(S)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome 20.0 *
3(S)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-7-BIS-(3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome 15.7 *
3(S)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome 2.0 *
3(S)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome 5.3 *
3-5-DIACETOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome 30.3 *
3-5-DIACETOXY-7-(3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome 3.5 *
3-6-EPOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECA-3-5-DIENE 0 Rhizome *
3-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL 0 Rhizome *
3-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-TRANS-6-DIEN-1-AL 0 Rhizome *
3-ACETOXY-1,5-EPOXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome *
3-EPIACETOXY-1,5-EPOXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE 0 Rhizome *
3-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome *
3-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
4-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome *
4-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
4-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome *
4-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Rhizome *
5(S)-3(R)-DIHYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE 0 Rhizome 53.1 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insecticide 9 *
Insectifuge 30 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge? 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 4 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 27 *
Irritant? 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 *
Larvicide 5 *
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 7 *