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Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Ginger
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Rhizome 0.7 45.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 900.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Rhizome 2.0 500.0 0.27 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Rhizome 7.0 465.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 9300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HIMACHALENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Rhizome not available 330.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Rf 2.0 950.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Rhizome 32.0 2850.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil 57000.0 106700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome not available 100.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 5300.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SANTALOL 2 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 162000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 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 *