Medicinal importance of Kaempferia galanga L. (Zingiberaceae): A comprehensive review

Kaempferia galanga included in the Zingiberaceae family is one of potential medicinal plants with aromatic rhizome. In traditional medicine Asian countries, this plant widely used by local practitioners. This cultivated most Southeast countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Ethyl-para-methoxycinnamate ethyl-cinnamate are found main compounds hexane, dichloromethane, methanol extracts K. galanga. traditionally an expectorant, stimulant, diuretic, carminative, antipyretic remedy. addition, for treatment diabetes, hypertension, cough, asthma, joint fractures, rheumatism, urticaria, vertigo, intestinal injuries. Therefore, study aimed to give a sneak peek view on galangal’s ethnobotany, toxicology, pharmacology, phytochemistry.