Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ginger

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
10-GINGERDIONE	2	Rhizome	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGERDIONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGEROL	3	Rhizome	2.6	1862.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-GINGEROL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-SHOGAOL	0	Rhizome	not available	74.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-SHOGOAL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-GINGEDIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
14-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
16-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2(R)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	5.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,2,4-TRIMETHYL-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(2'-3'-EPOXY-3-METHYL-BUTYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(3'-METHYL-2'-BUTENYL)-3-METHYL-FURAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-HEPT-5-EN-1-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-2-6-DIENE-1-8-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-7-DIENE-1-6-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	14.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3(R)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	41.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Serotoninergic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sortase-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic	5	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spasmolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	3	Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant	2	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Stomachic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sucrase-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	3	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Sympathomimetic	1	HerbalGram No. 17.
Taenicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *