This article reports the ginger protease extraction and purification methods from fresh ginger rhizome. As to ginger protease extraction, we adapt the steps of organic solvent dissolving, ammonium sulfate depositing and freeze-drying, and this method can attain crude enzyme powder 0.6% weight of fresh ginger rhizome. The purification part in this study includes two steps: cellulose ion exchange...

Background: Ginger rhizome (Zingiber officinale R., family: Zingiberaceae) is used medicinally and as a culinary spice and has anti-oxidant and cell-protective effects in animals and humans body. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of Ginger rhizome toxicity of Gentamicin on sperm parameters in male rats. Methods: Forty Wistar male rat (n=40) were allocated into fo...

background: ginger rhizome (zingiber officinale r., family: zingiberaceae) is used medicinally and as a culinary spice. the medicinal use of ginger dates back to ancient china and india. objective: ginger and its constituents are stated to have antiemetic, antithrombotic, antihepatotoxic, anti-inflammatory, stimulant, cholagogue and antioxidant.enhanced oxidative stress and changes in antioxida...

Rhizome rot caused by Pythium spp and Fusarium spp is one of the most devastating diseases of ginger in most of the ginger growing areas of the Nepal. Realizing the context for development of alternative control strategies to reduce dependency on synthetic fungicides, a field experiment on management of rhizome rot disease of ginger using eco-friendly natural products was conducted at GRP, Kapu...

The increase of atmospheric CO2 due to global climate change or horticultural practices has direct and indirect effects on food crop quality. One question that needs to be asked, is whether CO2 enrichment affects the nutritional quality of Malaysian young ginger plants. Responses of total carbohydrate, fructose, glucose, sucrose, protein, soluble amino acids and antinutrients to either ambient ...

background: ginger rhizome (zingiber officinale r., family: zingiberaceae) is used medicinally and as a culinary spice and has anti-oxidant and cell-protective effects in animals and humans body. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of ginger rhizome toxicity of gentamicin on sperm parameters in male rats. methods: forty wistar male rat (n=40) were allocated into fo...

Bacillus pumilus has been widely identified as a pathogen of plant and human, while the genetic information is rarely available for pathogenic B. pumilus strains. B. pumilus GR8 is a pathogen that causes ginger rhizome rot disease by invading ginger rhizome parenchymatous tissues, growing in the extracellular space, and producing plant cell wall-degrading enzymes to destroy ginger cells. In thi...

The important medicinal part of the ginger plant is rhizome. There are several chemical constitutes present in rhizome, in which [6]-Gingerol, [10]-Gingerol, Zerumbone and Shogaols inhibit Colon Cancer, among these [6]-Gingerol and [10]-Gingerol are very important. In the fresh ginger rhizome, the gingerols were identified as the major active components. Gingerol can remain in two form and this...

The importance of clean and solvent-free pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and other allied healthcare (food) products are continuously increasing towards meeting the challenges posed by International regulatory and consumer requirements. The issue of residual solvents in healthcare products is well known requiring consideration, and currently, nutraceutical products derived from medicinal and ar...