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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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 *
9-GINGEROL 0 Rhizome *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL 2 Rhizome *
9-OXO-NEROLIDOL 2 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Essential Oil 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 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Rhizome *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
ACETONE 3 Essential Oil 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 *
AFRAMODIAL 0 Seed 400.0 1.00 *
ALANINE 3 Rhizome 310.0 1793.0 -1.00 *
ALANINE 3 Root 310.0 1793.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALBUMIN 0 Rhizome 4984.0 45924.0 *
ALBUMIN 0 Root 4984.0 45924.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil 1400.0 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRINE 0 Rhizome 1.0 70.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Rhizome *
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Rhizome *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 *
AntiCrohn's 4 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Anticytotoxic 1 *
Antidandruff 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 6 Martindale's 29th
Antidepressant 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 11 *
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.