The Zingiberaceae, the largest family in the Zingiberales, comprises nearly 50 genera and 1,000 species and is pantropical, concentrated mainly in the old world, chiefly in Indomalaysia. Members of the family yield spices, dyes, perfumes, medicines and a number of ornamental species are cultivated for their showy flowers. Recently this plant has acquired great importance in the present-day worl...

Many free radicals are generates in the human body due to metabolic processes and order counteract harmful effects of these antioxidants, has a complex system natural enzymatic non-enzymatic antioxidant defenses or mechanisms. These mainly responsible for generation different types diseases disorders. Hence protection against radical is important which can also be done by taking diet with maxim...

Curcuma, a major Zingiberaceae genus, contains approximately 110 species throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The present work aimed to study two Indian curcuma species, Curcuma caesia Roxb. and angustifolia Roxb., whose rhizomes are extracted using ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) with chloroform solvent. extracts subjected phytochemical screening analysed employing gas chromatography-mass ...