Zingiber officinale (Ginger) as an anti-emetic in cancer chemotherapy: A review

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 440-444

  Haniadka, Raghavendra ^a   Rajeev, Antappa Govindaraju ^b   Palatty, Princy L ^a   Arora, Rajesh ^c   Baliga, Manjeshwar S ^a  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c DRDO   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(10) GINGEROL; (6) GINGEROL; (8) GINGEROL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOMPERIDONE; GINGER EXTRACT; GINGEROL; GRANISETRON; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; GINGER; HUMAN; MINK; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ANIMALS; ANTIEMETICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; GINGER; HUMANS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; VOMITING;

EID: 84862113335     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0737     Document Type: Review

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