Open AccessPHYCHEMISTRY, PHYTOCHEMICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR STUDY OF ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROSCOE: A REVIEW
Author(s) -
Kamran Ashraf,
Sadia Sultan,
Sayed Adnan Ali Shah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences/international journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2656-0097
pISSN - 0975-1491
DOI - 10.22159/ijpps.2017v9i11.19613
Subject(s) - zingiber officinale , indigestion , traditional medicine , phytochemical , zingiberaceae , medicine , antifungal , vomiting , nausea , dysentery , rhizome , dermatology , surgery , pathology
The rhizomes of Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Zingiberaceae), commonly known as ginger, is one of the most widely used spice and condiment. It is also an integral part of many traditional medicines and has been extensively used in Chinese, Ayurvedic, Tibb-Unani, Srilankan, Arabic, and African traditional medicines, since antiquity, for many unrelated human ailments including common colds, fever, sore throats, vomiting, motion sickness, gastrointestinal complications, indigestion, constipation, gastritis, epigastric discomfort, gastric ulcerations, indigestion, nausea vomiting etc. and scientific studies have validated the ethnomedicinal uses. The chemistry, phytochemical, pharmacological and molecular studies of Z. officinale is reviewed. This review was compiled to provide consolidated information covering different aspects of the plant, to provide a basis on which to plan future studies and to promote sustainable use of Z. officinale.