Review Article
Year: 2018 | Month: October | Volume: 5 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 465-469
A Pharmacological Investigation of Zingiber Officinale
Riza Bhandari1, Jigar Paras Sethiya2
1Crimson College of Technology, Butwal-32907, Nepal.
2Sandip Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nashik-422213, India.
Corresponding Author: Jigar Paras Sethiya
ABSTRACT
Ginger, a rhizome of Zingiber officinale belongs to the family Zingiberaceae, is a slender, perennial herb. It has a long history of use in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine as an antioxidant, antipyretic, gastroprotective, antiemetic, antitussive, hepatoprotective agent. The medicinal property of ginger is mainly due to the presence of gingerol, shogaols, paradol, etc. In traditional medicine, this plant has been employed for treating several diseases like asthma, arthritis, stroke, toothaches, paralysis, and diabetes. Currently, there is a renewed interest in ginger and many clinical experiments are carried out extensively for the isolation, identification of active constituents and scientific verification of its pharmacological for the treatment of several disease and conditions. With further more research the plant can be established as a standard drug because of its broad range of medicinal activity. This article aims at reviewing the most recent studies carried out on the pharmacological property of Z.officinale and the potential mechanism.
Key words: Zingiber officinale, pharmacology, Zingerone
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