Rhizomes of Ginger officinalis: scientific substantiation of application in modern medicine and approaches to the standardization of raw materials
AUTHORS : Ermakova V.A. | Samylina I.A. | Kovaleva T.Yu. | Bobkova N.V.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, St. Moscow
YEAR : 2016
SUMMARY An information-analytical study of scientific literature data on medicinal ginger was carried out. It has been established that the rhizomes of medicinal ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Zingiberaceae L.) are known and used all over the world. In Europe, it is used as a spice and food product, and is also used in medicine. The healing properties of ginger have long been known in the East, and the spectrum of its pharmacological activity and use in national medical systems is unusually wide. The chemical composition of ginger rhizomes has been well studied by now: biologically active substances that provide the main pharmacological effects are tsingiberen, gingerols and shogaols (gingerol). According to the data of preclinical and clinical studies conducted in many countries of the world, ginger rhizome has a
positive effect on the state and functioning of almost all organs and systems of the human body, has anti-inflammatory, expectorant, hypoglycemic,
