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Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy

Plants of the genus Zingiber (Family Zingiberaceae) are widely used throughout the world as food and medicinal plants. They represent very popular herbal remedies in various traditional healing systems; in particular, rhizome of Zingiber spp. plants has a long history of ethnobotanical uses because...

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Autores principales: Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi, Varoni, Elena Maria, Salehi, Bahare, Sharifi-Rad, Javad, Matthews, Karl R., Ayatollahi, Seyed Abdulmajid, Kobarfard, Farzad, Ibrahim, Salam A., Mnayer, Dima, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin, Sharifi-Rad, Majid, Yousaf, Zubaida, Iriti, Marcello, Basile, Adriana, Rigano, Daniela
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29207520
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules22122145
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author Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi
Varoni, Elena Maria
Salehi, Bahare
Sharifi-Rad, Javad
Matthews, Karl R.
Ayatollahi, Seyed Abdulmajid
Kobarfard, Farzad
Ibrahim, Salam A.
Mnayer, Dima
Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
Sharifi-Rad, Majid
Yousaf, Zubaida
Iriti, Marcello
Basile, Adriana
Rigano, Daniela
author_facet Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi
Varoni, Elena Maria
Salehi, Bahare
Sharifi-Rad, Javad
Matthews, Karl R.
Ayatollahi, Seyed Abdulmajid
Kobarfard, Farzad
Ibrahim, Salam A.
Mnayer, Dima
Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
Sharifi-Rad, Majid
Yousaf, Zubaida
Iriti, Marcello
Basile, Adriana
Rigano, Daniela
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description Plants of the genus Zingiber (Family Zingiberaceae) are widely used throughout the world as food and medicinal plants. They represent very popular herbal remedies in various traditional healing systems; in particular, rhizome of Zingiber spp. plants has a long history of ethnobotanical uses because of a plethora of curative properties. Antimicrobial activity of rhizome essential oil has been extensively confirmed in vitro and attributed to its chemical components, mainly consisting of monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons such as α-zingiberene, ar-curcumene, β-bisabolene and β-sesquiphellandrene. In addition, gingerols have been identified as the major active components in the fresh rhizome, whereas shogaols, dehydrated gingerol derivatives, are the predominant pungent constituents in dried rhizome. Zingiber spp. may thus represent a promising and innovative source of natural alternatives to chemical food preservatives. This approach would meet the increasing concern of consumers aware of the potential health risks associated with the conventional antimicrobial agents in food. This narrative review aims at providing a literature overview on Zingiber spp. plants, their cultivation, traditional uses, phytochemical constituents and biological activities.
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spelling pubmed-61498812018-11-13 Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi Varoni, Elena Maria Salehi, Bahare Sharifi-Rad, Javad Matthews, Karl R. Ayatollahi, Seyed Abdulmajid Kobarfard, Farzad Ibrahim, Salam A. Mnayer, Dima Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin Sharifi-Rad, Majid Yousaf, Zubaida Iriti, Marcello Basile, Adriana Rigano, Daniela Molecules Review Plants of the genus Zingiber (Family Zingiberaceae) are widely used throughout the world as food and medicinal plants. They represent very popular herbal remedies in various traditional healing systems; in particular, rhizome of Zingiber spp. plants has a long history of ethnobotanical uses because of a plethora of curative properties. Antimicrobial activity of rhizome essential oil has been extensively confirmed in vitro and attributed to its chemical components, mainly consisting of monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons such as α-zingiberene, ar-curcumene, β-bisabolene and β-sesquiphellandrene. In addition, gingerols have been identified as the major active components in the fresh rhizome, whereas shogaols, dehydrated gingerol derivatives, are the predominant pungent constituents in dried rhizome. Zingiber spp. may thus represent a promising and innovative source of natural alternatives to chemical food preservatives. This approach would meet the increasing concern of consumers aware of the potential health risks associated with the conventional antimicrobial agents in food. This narrative review aims at providing a literature overview on Zingiber spp. plants, their cultivation, traditional uses, phytochemical constituents and biological activities. MDPI 2017-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6149881/ /pubmed/29207520 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules22122145 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi
Varoni, Elena Maria
Salehi, Bahare
Sharifi-Rad, Javad
Matthews, Karl R.
Ayatollahi, Seyed Abdulmajid
Kobarfard, Farzad
Ibrahim, Salam A.
Mnayer, Dima
Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin
Sharifi-Rad, Majid
Yousaf, Zubaida
Iriti, Marcello
Basile, Adriana
Rigano, Daniela
Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy
title Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy
title_full Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy
title_fullStr Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy
title_full_unstemmed Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy
title_short Plants of the Genus Zingiber as a Source of Bioactive Phytochemicals: From Tradition to Pharmacy
title_sort plants of the genus zingiber as a source of bioactive phytochemicals: from tradition to pharmacy
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29207520
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules22122145
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