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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 1620.0 | 9328.0 | -0.50 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLUTELIN | 0 | Rhizome | 2506.0 | 23091.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTELIN | 0 | Root | 2506.0 | 23091.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Rhizome | 430.0 | 2486.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Root | 430.0 | 2486.0 | -0.23 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYOXAL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GUAIL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIOL | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| HEPTAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 135.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-2-OL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| HEPTAN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN | 2 | Rhizome | 21.3 | 25.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAHYDROCURCUMIN | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 35.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 2.0 | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAN-1-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | 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 * |