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
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Rhizome	0.7	45.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	900.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Rhizome	2.0	500.0	0.27	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Rhizome	7.0	465.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	9300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rhizome	not available	330.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Rf	2.0	950.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Rhizome	32.0	2850.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	57000.0	106700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome	not available	100.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	5300.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SANTALOL	2	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	162000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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	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.