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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-12-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-3-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOHEXENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 50.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-6-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-8-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-8-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | 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. |
| CIS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-GERANIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-HEXAN-3-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-HEXAN-3-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-NEROLIDOL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ROSE-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SELINEN-4-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUIABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SESQUISABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 13500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 130000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Root | 0.0 | 13500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiataxic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 43 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibiotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticancer | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 2 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Duodenum) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |