Plants of the genus Zingiber as a source of bioactive phytochemicals: from tradition to pharmacy

• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62770/1/Plants%20of%20the%20genus%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62770/; https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/22/12/2145/htm

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...