Active properties of Ginger

for well-being of mankindMohammed Othman AHMED – RA2XEH

IntroductionThe ginger plant is an herbaceous perennial crop,

tuberous root or rhizome; the stems are erect, oblique, round, annual, and invested by the smooth sheaths of the leaves, 2 or 3 feet in height.

Fibrous and fleshy roots are the two types of ginger roots.

Ginger rhizome could be consumed as a fresh paste or dried powder, the slices are preserved in syrup, crystallized ginger or tea flavor.

Fresh ginger is used to prepare vegetables and meat dishes in many countries, especially in India and China, and as a flavoring agent in beverages with many more uses.

Chemistry• 63 compounds• Volatile compound content in ginger• Ginger’s volatile oil content - sesquiterpene hydrocarbons• farnesene (10%), curcumene (18%), zingeberene (35%), • smaller amounts of bisabolene and b-sesquiphellandrene, and lesser percentage of at least

• 40 different monoterpemoid hydrocarbons available • 1,8-cineole, borneol, linalool, geraniol and neral. Non-volatile pungent compounds content of

ginger

• Non-volatile pungent compounds - Oleoresin• Phynolics (paradol, gingerol, shagol), they are the source of the hot sensation in the

mouth as well.• Nutritional constituent of ginger• proteins, fats, carbohydrates, soluble and insoluble fibers, vitamin C and ashes, and the

elements are calcium, phosphorous, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, and chromium.

Pharmaceutical value• Carminative• Aphrodisiac• anti-asthmatic• enhancer for the gastrointestinal tract• stomachache treatment• motor and cardiovascular diseases• anti-inflammatory • bacterial growth regulator • For the immune depressed patients, such as

whose infected by HIV, ginger can provide protection

• anti-oxidant impact of ginger is mostly due to Phenolic, Flavonoids and tannin compounds

• the property of being cancer preventive is mostly due to the availability of a number of pungent vallinoids which are, 6-paradol, 6-gingerol, and some of the rest constituents like shagols

Cancer preventive property

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