Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ginger

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Rhizome	0.7	45.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	900.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Rhizome	2.0	500.0	0.27	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Rhizome	7.0	465.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	9300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rhizome	not available	330.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rf	2.0	950.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Rhizome	32.0	2850.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	57000.0	106700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome	not available	100.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	5300.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SANTALOL	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	162000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	3	Martindale's 29th
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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