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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERINE | 1 | Rhizome | 450.0 | 2596.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Root | 450.0 | 2596.0 | -0.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SERINE | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESQUITERPENE-HYDROCARBON | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESQUITHUJENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SESQUITHUJENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SFA | 0 | Rhizome | 2030.0 | 11085.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SFA | 0 | Root | 2030.0 | 11085.0 | 3.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SHIKIMIC-ACID | 14 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHOGAOL | 18 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHOGAOL | 18 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHOGAOL | 18 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHOGAOL | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHOGAOL | 18 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHOGAOLS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHOGAOLS | 0 | Root | not available | 1800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Rhizome | not available | 285.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 2.0 | 28.5 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Insecticide | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant? | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Juvabional | 5 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |