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Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-PROPANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-UNDECANONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-UNDECANONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEO-ISOPULEGOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOISOPULEGOLE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERAL | 4 | Rhizome | not available | 410.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERAL | 4 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 81000.0 | 260000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | 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. |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | Rhizome | not available | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Rhizome | 5.0 | 135.0 | 1.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 3.6 | 51.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 5.2 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Root | 2.0 | 5.2 | 1.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Rhizome | 16000.0 | 24440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Root | 16000.0 | 24440.0 | -0.45 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| NONAN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | 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. |