Zingiber officinale Roscoe
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Rhizome
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Fresh rhizome in sour orange juice is taken for abdominal pain
- Used to treat cold, fever, cough and asthma
- Diuretic for general dropsy
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Terpenes: geranial, α-zingiberine, ar-borneol, curcumene, phenylpropenes: eugenol, zingerone, decanal from rhizome essential oil and oleoresins; phenolic compounds: gingerol derivatives, shogaol derivatives, gingerdione derivatives and 6-paradol from roots
Bioactivity :
Rhizome extracts, essential oil and oleoresins: antioxidative, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, immunomodulatory, antitumour, anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic, antihyperglycaemic, hypolipidaemic, antiemetic, improves diabetic dyslipidaemia, ameliorates cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity, radioprotective and neuromodulatory properties; drink prepared from roots: useful for diabetic patients who suffer from sexual impotency
Clinical:
An effective and promising prophylactic antiemetic that can be usefull for surgery
Note :
Rhizome is used as a food flavouring agent
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