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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRANS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome | 5.0 | 350.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 5.0 | 7000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICYCLENE | 0 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 115.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICYCLENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Rhizome | 120.0 | 693.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Root | 120.0 | 693.0 | -0.49 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Rhizome | 200.0 | 1122.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | 200.0 | 1122.0 | -1.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| UNDECAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| UNDECAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UNDECAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URIDINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 11.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Rhizome | 730.0 | 4202.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Root | 730.0 | 4202.0 | 0.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |