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
(+)-6-GINGEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-CURCUMENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ANGELICOIDENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	14.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BORNEOL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-EPOXY-3-EPIHYDROXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-EPOXY-3-HYDROXY-1-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-EPOXY-3-HYDROXY-1-(4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Rhizome	not available	490.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Rhizome Essent. Oil	26000.0	100000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-DIACETOXYOCTANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-DIACETOXYOCTANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-OCTANEDIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-OCTANEDIOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
1-(4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-3,5-DIHYDROXYDECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-HEPTANE-3(S)-DIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-DEHYDROGINGERDIONE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-DIHYDROGINGERDIONE	0	Rhizome	not available	6.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-EPIZONARENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
10-GINGEDIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	9	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *