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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
8-SHOGAOL 2 Rhizome 48.0 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
9-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL 2 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 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.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE 3 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.
ACETONE 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AFRAMODIAL 0 Seed not available 400.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Rhizome 310.0 1793.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Root 310.0 1793.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALBUMIN 0 Rhizome 4984.0 45924.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALBUMIN 0 Root 4984.0 45924.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 1400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRINE 0 Rhizome 1.0 70.0 not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Termiticide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 6 Yoshida, T., Yoshioka, K., Wakabayashi, Y., Nishioka, H., Kondo, M. 1988. Effects of Capsaicin and Isothiocyanate on Thermogensis of Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue in Rats. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol, 34(6): 587-594.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 4 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 5 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 6 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 11 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.