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
8-SHOGAOL	2	Rhizome	48.0	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-GINGEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	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.
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	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.
ACETONE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFRAMODIAL	0	Seed	not available	400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Rhizome	310.0	1793.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Root	310.0	1793.0	-0.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALBUMIN	0	Rhizome	4984.0	45924.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALBUMIN	0	Root	4984.0	45924.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	1400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRINE	0	Rhizome	1.0	70.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-CADINENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	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
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.