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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRICETIN 34 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Rhizome 180.0 1650.0 -1.00 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Root 180.0 1650.0 1.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRTENAL 5 Rhizome 0.5 30.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
MYRTENAL 5 Rhizome Essent. Oil 600.0 *
N-BUTYRALDEHYDE 1 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.
N-BUTYRALDEHYDE 1 Rhizome *
N-DECANAL 1 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.
N-HEPTANE 1 Rhizome *
N-NONANE 0 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.
N-NONANE 0 Rhizome *
N-NONANOL 0 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.
N-NONANOL 0 Rhizome *
N-NONANONE 0 Rhizome *
N-NONANONE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
N-OCTANE 0 Essential Oil *
N-OCTANE 0 Rhizome *
N-OCTANE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
N-OCTANOL 0 Rhizome *
N-PROPANOL 0 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neurogenic 1 *
Neuroinhibitor 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 4 *
Neurotoxic 5 *
Neurotransmitter 2 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 5 *
NO-Genic 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 5 *
NO-Scavenger 1 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Occuloirritant 1 *
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 *
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 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.