Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ginger

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
ALPHA-CADINOL	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDROL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Rhizome	not available	280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	19400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Rhizome	20.0	1250.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Rhizome	340.0	3190.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Root	340.0	3190.0	1.96	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Rhizome	3.0	200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome	not available	720.0	1.11	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	39000.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	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.