Indian Spices by Amit Baran Sharangi

Author:Amit Baran Sharangi
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

8.4 Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)

Ginger has been traditionally used for varied human ailments , to aid digestion and to treat stomach upset, diarrhea, and nausea. Gingerols and some phenylpropanoids with allyl side-chains were isolated from the methanolic extract of ginger rhizome as anti-emetic principles. Ginger has been traditionally used in Ayurvedic, Chinese and Tibb-Unani herbal medicines for the treatment of various illnesses that involve inflammation and which are caused by oxidative stress. The antioxidant property of gingerol-related compounds and diarylheptanoids from common ginger has been amply demonstrated.

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