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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |