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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3(R)-ACETOXY-5(S)-DYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 15.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3(S)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3(S)-5(S)-DIACETOXY-1-7-BIS-(3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 15.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3(S)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-5'-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4'-HYDROXY-3'-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3(S)-5(S)-DIHYDROXY-1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 5.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-5-DIACETOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 30.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-5-DIACETOXY-7-(3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 3.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-6-EPOXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECA-3-5-DIENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3-TRANS-6-DIEN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-ACETOXY-1,5-EPOXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-EPIACETOXY-1,5-EPOXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-GINGEROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-GINGEROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-PHENYL-BENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-TERPINEOL | 8 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5(S)-3(R)-DIHYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 53.1 | 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 * |