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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRICETIN | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Rhizome | 180.0 | 1650.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Root | 180.0 | 1650.0 | 1.73 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRTENAL | 5 | Rhizome | 0.5 | 30.0 | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| MYRTENAL | 5 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-BUTYRALDEHYDE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| N-BUTYRALDEHYDE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-DECANAL | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| N-HEPTANE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| N-NONANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| N-NONANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONANONE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTANE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTANE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| N-OCTANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PROPANOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122. |
| 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 * |