descriptionsZingiber officinale is a tall herbaceous aromatic herb. The vitamins present in green ginger are: thiamine 0.06 riboflavin 0.03 niacin 0.60 and vitamin C 6.0mg./100 g. The value reported for carotene in the fresh rhizome is 40 µg./100 g. The predominant sesquiterpene hydrocarbon is zingiberene a- and ß-zingiberene C15H24 35.6 in one sample of the Indian oilother sesquiterpenes present in the oil are ar-curcumene 17.7 farnesene 9.8. Besides the pungent principles the oleoresin contains essential oil and also non-pungent substances.
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