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Zingiber officinale: A Simple Spice with Health Benefits & Some Modern Researches

  • Received : 2019.05.08
  • Accepted : 2019.05.21
  • Published : 2019.05.31
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Abstract

Zingiber officinale is a spice which is having a strong historical medicinal background and used by different systems of medicine for various ailments. It is also used to maintain the characteristic sharpness and tangy essence of food and beverages and used in carbonated drinks, as a conserve in sugar syrup. Ginger considered as an incredible drug for inflammation, gastrointestinal problems, pain and sexual problems since centuries. There are many studies carried out in recent years, which proves that the active constituents of ginger shows a variety of pharmacological effects like antiemetic, hepatoprotective, anti hyperlipidemic and antibacterial. The most momentous among all the nutraceutical aspects of ginger are its positive control on gastrointestinal tract including digestive stimulant action, anticancer effect and anti-inflammatory effect.

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Fig.1 Dried Rhizome

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Fig. 2 Fresh Rhizome

Table 1. Vernacular names (Nadkarni KM, 2000; Dymock W et al., 2005)

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