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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GINGEDIACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| GINGERENONE-A | 3 | Rhizome | 118.0 | 136.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERENONE-B | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 4.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERENONE-C | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 14.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERGLYCOLIPID-A | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERGLYCOLIPID-B | 0 | Rhizome | 14.0 | 15.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERGLYCOLIPID-C | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 14.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROL | 27 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROL | 27 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROL | 27 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGEROLS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 13200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GINGERONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLANOLACTONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 120.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLOBULIN | 0 | Rhizome | 2366.0 | 21801.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLOBULIN | 0 | Root | 2366.0 | 21801.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Rhizome | 1620.0 | 9328.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidote (Lead) | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Mercury) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paracetamol) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidrepanocytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiEBV | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antieczemic | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 8 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antieicosanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antielastase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiemetic | 4 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiemetic? | 1 | J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39. |