Plant derived products have been used for medicinal purposes for centuries. In traditional Indian medicine or Ayurveda, Zingiber officinale and many other herbs have been used as medicine. Traditional uses of plants have led to investigating their bioactive compounds, which have resulted in the detection of a significant number of therapeutic properties. Aim of the study: The present study was ...

Herb and spices namely kesum, ginger and turmeric were extracted by using juice extractor without the additional of solvent. These herb and spices were determined for moisture content and the extracts were analyzed for total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxidant activity (DPPH radical scavenging assay and FRAP ferric-reducing antioxidant power assay). The yield of kesum, ginger and turmeric ex...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of a ginger extract (EV.EXT35) on the symptoms of morning sickness. DESIGN Double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial. SETTING A tertiary metropolitan teaching hospital, March 1999-November 1999. PARTICIPANTS The participants included 120 women less than 20 weeks pregnant, who had experienced morning sickness daily for at least a week and had had ...

Patients with chronically painful diseases often seek alternative therapy. Ginger is one of the most popular herbal medications for rheumatic diseases. However, there are few experimental documents on its beneficial effects. Therefore, in this study the effect of ethanolic ginger extract and placebo were examined in 80 patients with osteoarthritis. The patients were randomized into two treatmen...

Introduction: There is evidence that diabetes affects seizure susceptibility. Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) which is used in traditional medicine has antioxidant activity and neuroprotective effects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the seizure threshold induced by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) in diabetic mice after induction of diabetes with streptozocin and to examine the possible ...

background and aim: colon cancer is the third most prevalent cancer in iran. prolonged colon inflammation is an important factor, in the development of colon cancer. ginger has anti-inflammatory properties due to its content of [6]-gingerol and hence can play a role in the prevention of colon cancer. in this research the effects of ginger extract on reducing expression of the cox-2 gene in ht-2...

In the present study, ethanolic extract of ginger on lead acetate induced toxicity was studied in male wistar albino rats. Seven groups of rats were used in the study. Glutathione peroxidase, Glutathione reductase, Glutathione-S-transferase, Catalase and Superoxide dismutase were decreased in lead acetate treated (200mg/kg body weight, once daily for eight weeks) group. However treatment with e...

Superoxide dismutase, ascorbic acid, glutathione and uric acid levels were decreased and xanthine oxidase, glutathione-s-transferase activities were increased in alcohol treated (2 g/kg body weight, once daily for 30 days) group. However, treatment with ethanolic extract of ginger (100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg body weight, po, once daily for 30 days) these parameters came to normalcy showing the antiox...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has been used as a digestive and circulatory medicine. The intent of this research is to further investigate the antimicrobial properties of ginger. Ginger juice was extracted from the root of the plant. The Kirby-Bauer technique using Mueller-Hinton agar was used to test ginger juice (Zingiber officinale) for antimicrobial properties. Zones of inhibition were measu...

BACKGROUND Trichomoniasis is the most common sexually transmitted protozoan diseases in the worldwide. Metronidazole is the choice drug for trichomoniasis treatment, however, metronidazole resistant Trichomonas vaginalis (T.vaginalis) has been reported. Natural products are the source of most new drugs, and Zingiber officinale (Ginger) is widely used ingredient in the traditional medicine. OB...