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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Rhizome | 0.5 | 35.0 | 1.00 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Rhizome | 8.0 | 500.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | 200.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome | 74.0 | 4600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE | 1 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 442600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Rhizome | not available | 663.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | 46.0 | 663.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANGELICOIDENOL-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 14.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-10-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-10-SHOGOAL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-6-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTI-METHYL-8-SHOGAOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome | 20.0 | 9520.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Rhizome | 430.0 | 2486.0 | -1.00 | 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. |