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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anticorneotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticoronary | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticytotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidepressant | 10 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidepressant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic? | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Acetaminophen) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |