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
10-GINGERDIONE	2	Rhizome	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGERDIONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGEROL	3	Rhizome	2.6	1862.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGEROL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-SHOGAOL	0	Rhizome	not available	74.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-SHOGOAL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-GINGEDIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
16-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2(R)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	5.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(2'-3'-EPOXY-3-METHYL-BUTYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(3'-METHYL-2'-BUTENYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2-6-DIENE-1-8-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-7-DIENE-1-6-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	14.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	41.8	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
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neurogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroinhibitor	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	2	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ophthalmic-Antialkali	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	7	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant	2	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.