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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | 60.0 | 709.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 30.0 | 423.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Rhizome | 123000.0 | 500000.0 | 0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Root | 35000.0 | 600000.0 | 1.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Rhizome | 170.0 | 1540.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 170.0 | 1540.0 | 2.81 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | 40.0 | 200.0 | 0.33 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | 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. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Root | 5600.0 | 80000.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 90.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 1800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERT-BUTANOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 3.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | 0.0 | 3.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Root | 0.1 | 1.5 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Rhizome | 360.0 | 2057.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Root | 360.0 | 2057.0 | -0.49 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| 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 * |