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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PERILLEN 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
PERILLENE 0 Rhizome 1.0 95.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
PERILLENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 1900.0 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Rhizome 450.0 2455.0 1.00 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Root 450.0 2455.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID 0 Rhizome *
PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID 0 Root Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Rhizome 320.0 5323.0 0.46 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 181.0 2580.0 -0.16 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Rhizome 150.0 913.0 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Root 150.0 913.0 0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PIN-2-EN-5-OL 0 Rhizome *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Rhizome 320.0 *
POTASSIUM 14 Rhizome 2640.0 25079.0 1.35 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 1323.0 18900.0 0.23 *
PROLAMINE 0 Plant 1540.0 14190.0 *
PROLINE 0 Rhizome 410.0 2376.0 -1.00 *
PROLINE 0 Root 410.0 2376.0 0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROPIONALDEHYDE 2 Essential Oil Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
PROPIONALDEHYDE 2 Rhizome *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *
Molluscicide 3 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 6 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Motor-Stimulant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Mutagenic 9 J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39.
Mutagenic? 1 *
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myorelaxant 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Narcotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 27 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses