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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THREONINE | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Rhizome | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | 0.1 | 1.3 | -1.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRAN-6-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRAN-8-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-10-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-10-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-12-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-12-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-3-(2-4-5-TRIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOHEXENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 13.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-3-(3-4-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(TRANS-3-4-DIMETHOXY-STYRYL)-CYCLOHEXENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 55.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-6-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-8-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE | 2 | Rhizome | 1.0 | 1200.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Rhizome | 6.0 | 360.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| TRANS-BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 7200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-GERANIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticholecystosic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticholeretic | 1 | HerbalGram No. 17. |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antichoreic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticirrhotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticirrhotic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticlastogen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlaudificant? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticlimacteric | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoccidioid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticollagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolonospasmic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Anticomplementary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |