Ginger is a medicinal plant that has been widely used in Chinese, Ayurvedic and Tibb-Unani herbal medicines all over the world and has a long history of use in traditional systems of medicine. The primary pungent agents are due to the presence of phenylalkylketones or vanillyl ketones. Gingerol and shogaol are two most active constituents of ginger based preparations. They are reported to demon...

As part of the research efforts to identify plant species which may have potential against tuberculosis, a study was earlier conducted in collaboration with the institute for TB Research, university of illinois, Chicago, to randomly screen the crude alcoholic extracts of different plant species using the MABA assay, to determine any inhibitory activity against the causative agent, Mycobacterium...

Gancao-Ganjiang-Tang (GGT) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription and is a representative prescription for recuperating depleted Yang in Treatise on Febrile Diseases. The TCM theory believes that the efficacy of medicinal herbs is decided by the multicompounds which consist of different kinds of chemical constituents with bioactivities, but not by a monomeric constituent. From anc...

Endogenous noninfectious substances that mediate the nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation and interleukin (IL)-1β secretion causes inappropriate sterile inflammation and is implicated in the pathogenesis of several chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, gout, atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. C...

PULAU SEMAMBU VILLAGE COVID 19 PREVENTION TRAINING ON LOCAL AGRICULTURAL HEALTH DRINK. The growing epidemic of COVID-19 poses a significant problem for the government and population. Among several measures used to avoid infection is consumption nutritious meals beverages that boost body’s immunity. Based on results site survey; ginger, turmeric, lime, pineapple are four antioxidant-rich plants ...