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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Rhizome | 0.7 | 45.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 900.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 500.0 | 0.27 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-EUDESMOL | 13 | Rhizome | 7.0 | 465.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-EUDESMOL | 13 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 9300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-HIMACHALENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-HIMACHALENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 330.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Rf | 2.0 | 950.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Rhizome | 32.0 | 2850.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 57000.0 | 106700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Rhizome | not available | 100.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 5300.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SANTALOL | 2 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 162000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SELINENE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | 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. |