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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |