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Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GINGEDIACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| GINGERENONE-A | 3 | Rhizome | 118.0 | 136.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERENONE-B | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 4.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERENONE-C | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 14.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERGLYCOLIPID-A | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERGLYCOLIPID-B | 0 | Rhizome | 14.0 | 15.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERGLYCOLIPID-C | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 14.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROL | 27 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROL | 27 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROL | 27 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROLS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 13200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLANOLACTONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 120.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLOBULIN | 0 | Rhizome | 2366.0 | 21801.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLOBULIN | 0 | Root | 2366.0 | 21801.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Rhizome | 1620.0 | 9328.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tumor-Promoter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 4 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Uricogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | HerbalGram No. 17. |
| Vasodilator | 14 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |