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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOVALERALDEHYDE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JUNIPER-CAMPHOR | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Rhizome | 690.0 | 3764.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | 690.0 | 3764.0 | 0.88 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LABDA-TRANS-8(17)-12-DIENE-15-16-DIAL | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Rhizome | 390.0 | 3630.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Root | 390.0 | 3630.0 | 1.41 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LECITHIN | 20 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LECITHIN | 20 | 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. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Rhizome | 740.0 | 4257.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Root | 740.0 | 4257.0 | -0.06 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome | 17.0 | 1050.0 | 0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 21000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 50.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome | not available | 50.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 3200.0 | 30000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Root Essent. Oil | 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 * |