Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith: A review of its ethnomedicinal, chemical, and pharmacological uses

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zakaria, Z A ^b   Yob, N J ^a   Jofrry, S Mohd ^a   Affandi, M M R Meor Mohd ^a   Teh, L K ^a   Salleh, M Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; AMIKACIN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZTREONAM; GENTAMICIN; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MEFENAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET EXTRACT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANALGESIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; APPETITE DISORDER; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; EDEMA; FEVER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GINGER; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IC 50; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER; LD 50; LEPROSY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOME; SKIN DISEASE; SPICE; SPRAIN; STOMACH PAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORM INFECTION; WRITHING TEST; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

EID: 79959194493     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/543216     Document Type: Review

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