Zingiber officinale Roscoe is an herbal plant native to Asia that can be found in all tropical countries. It used folk medicine, food, and cosmetics. A chemical characterization some agronomic experiments have been carried out on Z. essential oil, showing promising findings for the biological control of fungal pathogens belonging genus Fusarium. The aim this review collect update literature cov...

Description A perennial herb with a subterranean, digitately branched rhizome producing stems up to 1.50 m in height with linear lanceolate sheating leaves (5-30 cm long and 8-20 mm wide) that are alternate, smooth and pale green. Flower stems shorter than leaf stems and bearing a few flowers, each surrounded by a thin bract and situated in axils of large greenish yellow obtuse bracts, which ar...

Zingiber and Alpinia species (family: Zingiberaceae) are popularly used in food as spices flavoring agents ethnomedicine to heal numerous diseases, including immune-related disorders. However, their ethnomedicinal uses have not been sufficiently supported by scientific investigations. Numerous studies on the modulating effects of plants bioactive compounds different steps immune system document...

background: chemical toxins are among the leading causes of liver disorders, inflammation and necrosis in hepatocytes. the aim of this study was to evaluate of protective effect of hydroalcoholic extract from rhizome of zingiber officinale l. (hez) on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic injury in male rat. material and methods: in this experimental studymale wistar rats (n=35, body weight 230-...