Component
6-Shogaol
A distinct unsaturated ginger constituent and chemical dehydration product of 6-gingerol. It is not interchangeable with a gingerol, and conversion in heated solutions is not proof of human tissue conversion.
2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What it acts on
The aqueous 6-gingerol/6-shogaol system also supported the reverse hydration reaction.
Experimental context and source evidence
- dose
- 6-Gingerol; 37-100 degrees C, pH 1, 4 or 7
- duration
- Kinetic measurements; equilibrium within 2 h at 100 degrees C and pH 1
- evidence_access
- Primary PubMed abstract.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; model-specific source-derived curation, not universally established human effects
- experimental_model
- Cell-free aqueous solution
- limitations
- Processing chemistry is not proof of conversion after human ingestion.
- nutrient_topic
- Gingerols collection; each molecular form and experimental preparation remains explicit. · Gingerols
- organism
- Cell-free aqueous solution
- plain_language
- The aqueous 6-gingerol/6-shogaol system also supported the reverse hydration reaction.
- primary_references
- The stability of gingerol and shogaol in aqueous solutions. (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11745724/ DOI: 10.1002/jps.1116
- route
- In vitro chemical incubation
- tissue
- Aqueous chemical preparation
Gingerols: mechanisms, molecular forms and cross-actor connections (2026-09-20) · lines 30–39
Original AI-assisted curation of thirteen primary research papers; study-specific PubMed/DOI links and limitations retained. Not publisher full text. · supports · Cell-free aqueous solution · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## gingerols-6-hydration The aqueous 6-gingerol/6-shogaol system also supported the reverse hydration reaction. Model/species: Cell-free aqueous solution Tissue: Aqueous chemical preparation Exposure: 6-Gingerol; 37-100 degrees C, pH 1, 4 or 7 Route: In vitro chemical incubation Duration: Kinetic measurements; equilibrium within 2 h at 100 degrees C and pH 1 Limits: Processing chemistry is not proof of conversion after human ingestion. Primary reference: The stability of gingerol and shogaol in aqueous solutions. (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11745724/ DOI: 10.1002/jps.1116 Access: Primary PubMed abstract.
Complete structured claim and evidence
What acts on it
Heating 6-gingerol in aqueous solutions produced 6-shogaol by a pH-dependent dehydration reaction.
Experimental context and source evidence
- dose
- 6-Gingerol; 37-100 degrees C, pH 1, 4 or 7
- duration
- Kinetic measurements; equilibrium within 2 h at 100 degrees C and pH 1
- evidence_access
- Primary PubMed abstract.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; model-specific source-derived curation, not universally established human effects
- experimental_model
- Cell-free aqueous solution
- limitations
- Processing chemistry is not proof of conversion after human ingestion.
- nutrient_topic
- Gingerols collection; each molecular form and experimental preparation remains explicit. · Gingerols
- organism
- Cell-free aqueous solution
- plain_language
- Heating 6-gingerol in aqueous solutions produced 6-shogaol by a pH-dependent dehydration reaction.
- primary_references
- The stability of gingerol and shogaol in aqueous solutions. (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11745724/ DOI: 10.1002/jps.1116
- route
- In vitro chemical incubation
- tissue
- Aqueous chemical preparation
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Original AI-assisted curation of thirteen primary research papers; study-specific PubMed/DOI links and limitations retained. Not publisher full text. · supports · Cell-free aqueous solution · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## gingerols-6-dehydration Heating 6-gingerol in aqueous solutions produced 6-shogaol by a pH-dependent dehydration reaction. Model/species: Cell-free aqueous solution Tissue: Aqueous chemical preparation Exposure: 6-Gingerol; 37-100 degrees C, pH 1, 4 or 7 Route: In vitro chemical incubation Duration: Kinetic measurements; equilibrium within 2 h at 100 degrees C and pH 1 Limits: Processing chemistry is not proof of conversion after human ingestion. Primary reference: The stability of gingerol and shogaol in aqueous solutions. (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11745724/ DOI: 10.1002/jps.1116 Access: Primary PubMed abstract.
Complete structured claim and evidence
The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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