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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-CADINOL | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CEDROL | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | 280.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 19400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-FARNESENE | 0 | Rhizome | 20.0 | 1250.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ALPHA-FARNESENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-FARNESENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Rhizome | 340.0 | 3190.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Root | 340.0 | 3190.0 | 1.96 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Rhizome | 3.0 | 200.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome | not available | 720.0 | 1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 39000.0 | 1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SELINENE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SELINENE | 3 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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. |