Ginger in the Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting: A Review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 659-669

  Palatty, Princy Louis ^a   Haniadka, Raghavendra ^a   Valder, Bhavishya ^a   Arora, Rajesh ^b   Baliga, Manjeshwar Shrinath ^a  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ginger; nausea; vomiting; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC EFFECTS; GINGER; HERBAL MEDICINES; NAUSEA; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS; VOMITING; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

CHEMOTHERAPY;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; GINGER; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUSEA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY; RHIZOME; VOMITING; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIEMETICS; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; GINGER; HUMANS; NAUSEA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RHIZOME; VOMITING;

EID: 84877283200     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.553751     Document Type: Article

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