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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERILLEN | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PERILLENE | 0 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 95.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| PERILLENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 1900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Rhizome | 450.0 | 2455.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Root | 450.0 | 2455.0 | -0.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 181.0 | 2580.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Rhizome | 150.0 | 913.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Root | 150.0 | 913.0 | 0.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PIN-2-EN-5-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPECOLIC-ACID | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 320.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Rhizome | 2640.0 | 25079.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 1323.0 | 18900.0 | 0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLAMINE | 0 | Plant | 1540.0 | 14190.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Rhizome | 410.0 | 2376.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | 410.0 | 2376.0 | 0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROPIONALDEHYDE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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. |