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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Rhizome 0.5 35.0 1.00 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil 700.0 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Rhizome 8.0 500.0 -0.27 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Rhizome Essent. Oil 10000.0 *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Rhizome *
ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE 1 Rhizome 200.0 -1.00 *
ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE 1 Rhizome 74.0 4600.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-ZINGIBERENE 1 Rhizome Essent. Oil 442600.0 *
ALUMINUM 5 Rhizome 663.0 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 46.0 663.0 0.04 *
ANGELICOIDENOL-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Rhizome 14.0 *
ANTI-METHYL-10-SHOGAOL 0 Rhizome *
ANTI-METHYL-10-SHOGOAL 0 Rhizome *
ANTI-METHYL-6-SHOGAOL 0 Rhizome *
ANTI-METHYL-8-SHOGAOL 0 Rhizome *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Rhizome 20.0 9520.0 1.00 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil 25000.0 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Root *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Root Essent. Oil *
ARGININE 14 Rhizome 430.0 2486.0 -1.00 *
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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 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 4 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 *