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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Phytoalexin | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Pigment | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 2 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Preservative | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Pressor | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Progesteronigenic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protease-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 3 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protein-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |