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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ZINGIBERENE 6 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENES 0 Rhizome 890.0 17836.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ZINGIBERENOL 0 Rhizome not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENOL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL 0 Rhizome 0.0 8000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBEROL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 2900.0 160000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERONE 2 Rhizome 0.3 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERONE 2 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZONARENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Proteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 2 Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pulmonoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic 1 Cabanac, M., Leydier, M. C., Poirier, L. J. 1976. The Effect of Capsaicin on Temperature Regulation of the Rat. Pfluegers Arch, 366: 217.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 4 Singletary, K., et al. 1998. Effect of the Beta-Diketones Diferoloylmethane (Curcumin) and Dibenzoylmethane on Rat Mammary DNA Adducts and Tumors Induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(A)anthracene. Carcinogenesis, 19(6): 1039-1043.
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant 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.
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Repellent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirasensitizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Respirotoxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 3 Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 3 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 31 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)