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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Root not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GAMMA-BISABOLENE 2 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-EUDESMOL 0 Rhizome 2.0 115.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GAMMA-EUDESMOL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 2300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Rhizome 7.0 455.0 1.00 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 9100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SELINENE 0 Rhizome 35.0 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SELINENE 0 Root 35.0 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Rhizome not available 1230.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL 13 Rhizome not available 980.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil 159000.0 400000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Rhizome 2.0 345.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 6900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMANIUM 0 Rhizome 87.0 169.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGEDIACETATE 0 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
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 5 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 43 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 87 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromonal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pheromone 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.