Therapeutic Potentials of Zingiber officinale
Received Date: Dec 28, 2018 / Accepted Date: Jan 07, 2019 / Published Date: Jan 14, 2019
Abstract
Being one of the mostly consumed alimentary condiments, Ginger’s medicinal properties are striking. With its stimulating piquant flavor, ginger adds a special flavor in Asian cooking. Besides, it has been associated with multitude of therapeutic potentials such as from beating motion sickness to better brain function. Zingiber officinale possess numerous bioactive constituents such as vitamins, carbohydrates, minerals etc. In addition to that ginger also contains phenolic constituents such as 6-gingerol, paradol, shogaol and zingerone. Ginger is used as a natural remedy for the treatment of numerous ailments such as ulcers, hypertension and gastric discomforts thus making it therapeutically potent.
Keywords: Zingiber officinale; Rhizome; 6- Gingerol; Paradol; Antiinflammatory; Antidiabetic
Citation: Khan NT (2019) Therapeutic Potentials of Zingiber officinale. J Tradit Med Clin Natur 8:278.
Copyright: © 2019 Khan NT. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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