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
SERINE	1	Rhizome	450.0	2596.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Root	450.0	2596.0	-0.43	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUIPHELLANDRENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITERPENE-HYDROCARBON	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITHUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITHUJENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Rhizome	2030.0	11085.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Root	2030.0	11085.0	3.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOL	18	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOLS	0	Rhizome	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHOGAOLS	0	Root	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Rhizome	not available	285.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	2.0	28.5	-0.21	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
Vibriocide	2	Wealth of India.
Vulnerary	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.