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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THREONINE | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Rhizome | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | 0.1 | 1.3 | -1.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRAN-6-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRAN-8-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-10-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-10-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-12-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-12-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-3-(2-4-5-TRIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOHEXENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 13.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-3-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOHEXENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 55.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-6-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-8-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE | 2 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 1200.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Rhizome | 6.0 | 360.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| TRANS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 7200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-GERANIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |