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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
5(S)-ACETOXY-3(R)-HYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-DECANE 0 Rhizome 15.8 *
5-HYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
5-HYDROXY-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 0.5 *
5-HYDROXY-7-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTAN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 2.1 *
5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-3-HYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-DECANE 0 Rhizome 3.0 *
6,10-DEHYDROGINGERDIONE 0 Rhizome *
6,10-DEHYDROGINGERDIONE 0 Root *
6-10-GINGERDIONE 0 Root *
6-DEHYDROGINGERDIONE 2 Rhizome *
6-DIHYDROGINGERDIONE 0 Rhizome *
6-GINGEDIOL 0 Rhizome 21.0 30.0 *
6-GINGEDIOL-ACETATE 0 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
6-GINGEDIOL-ACETATE-METHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
6-GINGEDIOL-DIACETATE 0 Rhizome 3.3 *
6-GINGEDIOL-DIACETATE-METHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome *
6-GINGEDIOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome *
6-GINGERDIOL 1 Rhizome *
6-GINGERDIONE 2 Rhizome 3.3 10.0 *
6-GINGEROL 28 Essential Oil *
6-GINGEROL 28 Rhizome 130.0 7138.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 *
Antiarthritic 12 *
Antiasthmatic 10 *
Antiataxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antiatherosclerotic 9 *
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 43 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
Anticancer (Duodenum) 1 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *