Table 1 Various components extracted from Kaempferia parviflora as Thai Ginseng

Components Amounts (%)
The three ‘main’ methoxyflavonoids ▷ 5,7-dimethoxyflavone (DMF) 0.289
▷ 5,7,4'-trimethoxyflavone (TMF) 0.0101
▷ 3,5,7,3',4'-pentamethoxyflavone (PMF) -
▷ A variety of other polymethoxyflavonoids -
▷ 5-hydroxy-3,7-dimethoxyflavone (a methoxyflavone that appears to be well reseached but is not one of the ‘primary’ three) 0.0252
Derivatives of kaempferol ▷ 3,7,4'-trimethylkaempferol 0.0719
▷ Tetramethylkaempferol 0.0070
Methylated derivatives of apigenin ▷ 7,4'-dimethylapigenin 0.0453
▷ Trimethylapigenin 1.29
Methylated derivative of quercetin ▷ Pentamethylquercetin 0.391
Derivative of luteolin ▷ Tetramethylluteolin 0.0312
Methoxy derivative of chrysin ▷ Techtochrysin 0.131 (dry weight)
▷ A thermostable lectin (sugar-binding protein) in the rhizome 0.45
▷ Ayanin 0.0111
▷ Retusine 0.0215
Ethanol acetate fragment ▷ (2R,3R)-(−)-aromadendrin trimethyl ether -
Methanolic fragment ▷ Syringetin 3-O-rutinoside -
▷ Tamarixetin 3-O-rutinoside -
▷ Tilianine -
▷ 2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophenone 2,4-di-O-β-D-glucopyranoside -
▷ Adenosine -
▷ Kaempferiaosides A and B with similar glycosides as well as kaempferiaosides C and D (flav-3-en-3-ol glycosides) as well as E and F (acetophenone glycosides) -
▷ L-phenylalanine -
▷ Sesquiterpenoids 4αα-acetoxycadina-2,9-diene-1,8-dione and 1αα,3αα,4ββ-trihydroxy-9-cadinen-8-one -
Resources; Yenjai et al., 2004; Sookkongwaree et al., 2006; Patanasethanont et al., 2007; Leardkamolkarn et al., 2009; Horigome et al., 2014; Yoshino et al., 2014.