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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-PROPANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-UNDECANONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-UNDECANONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEO-ISOPULEGOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOISOPULEGOLE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERAL | 4 | Rhizome | not available | 410.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NERAL | 4 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | 81000.0 | 260000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL | 10 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROL-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | 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. |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | Rhizome | not available | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEROLIDOL | 11 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Rhizome | 5.0 | 135.0 | 1.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 3.6 | 51.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Rhizome | 2.0 | 5.2 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Root | 2.0 | 5.2 | 1.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Rhizome | 16000.0 | 24440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Root | 16000.0 | 24440.0 | -0.45 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| NONAN-1-AL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Mammary) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticarcinomic (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 10 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 10 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticephalagic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticerebrotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |