One-day-old cobb-400 broiler chicks (240 nos.) were randomly assigned into four dietary treatments each with three replicates of 20 chicks. Four experimental diets were formulated as control diet (T1) without ginger or garlic, while, birds in group T2, T3 and T4 were fed with diets containing 1 % garlic, 1 % ginger and a combination of 1% of garlic and ginger, respectively. Ginger supplementati...

The present work was carried out to determine the antimicrobial potential of spices and to study whether the crude extracts of spices exhibit any synergistic effect when used in combination with antibiotics. All extracts were most effective against E. coli. The ethanolic extract of turmeric exhibited maximum antimicrobial potential against E. coli (29.3±0.17 mm) followed by garlic (25±0.17 mm) ...

The effect of combination of ginger and selenium on oxidative stress in rats was studied. Oxidative stress was induced in rats by single intraperiotoneal injection of potassium bromate (KBrO3) at a dose 125 mg/kg b.wt. Seven groups (n=7) of rats were used in this study. One of them was kept negative control and the others were given KBrO3. One was kept positive control and the others were given...

BACKGROUND Consumption of chronic morphine induces neuro-inflammation and addictive seeking behavior. Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe), a well-known spice plant, has been used traditionally in the treatment of a wide variety of ailments. It has been shown that ginger has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative and antinociceptive properties. However, its influences on morphine-induced addictive be...

Ginger has been demonstrated to improve lipid derangements. However, its underlying triglyceride-lowering mechanisms remain unclear. Fructose overconsumption is associated with increase in hepatic de novo lipogenesis, thereby resulting in lipid derangements. Here we found that coadministration of the alcoholic extract of ginger (50 mg/kg/day, oral gavage, once daily) over 5 weeks reversed liqui...

This study was conducted to evaluate the prophylactic effect of ginger extract on ethanol-induced reproductive toxicity in male rats. Twenty-eight adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 4 groups and treated daily for 28 days as follows: control, control-ginger (1 g/kg of body weight [BW]/day by gavage), ethanol group (ethanol 4 g/kg of BW/day by gavage), and ginger-ethanol gr...

The development of chemopreventive approaches using a concoction of phytochemicals is potentially viable for combating many types of cancer including colon carcinogenesis. This study evaluated the anti-proliferative effects of ginger and Gelam honey and its efficacy in enhancing the anti-cancer effects of 5-FU (5-fluorouracil) against a colorectal cancer cell line, HCT 116. Cell viability was m...

the effect of a ginger extract on gastric residual volume among mechanically ventilated patients who hospitalized in intensive care unit     hekmatafshar m [1] , bardigorchaei a [2] , amin gh [3] , vakili ma [4] , eshginia s [5] , sanagoo a [6] , jouybaril [7] *     received: 20feb, 2012 accepted: 9may, 2012     abstract   background & aims : delayed gastric emptying among mechanically ventilat...