Plants of the genus zingiber as a source of bioactive phytochemicals: From tradition to pharmacy

Molecules

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Sharifi Rad, Mehdi ^a   Varoni, Elena Maria ^b   Salehi, Bahare ^a   Sharifi Rad, Javad ^c,d   Matthews, Karl R ^e   Ayatollahi, Seyed Abdulmajid ^c,d   Kobarfard, Farzad ^c   Ibrahim, Salam A ^f   Mnayer, Dima ^g   Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin ^h,i   Sharifi Rad, Majid ^j   Yousaf, Zubaida ^k   Iriti, Marcello ^b   Basile, Adriana ^l   Rigano, Daniela ^l  

^a ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^h UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^k LAHORE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Essential oil; rhizome; Food preservatives; Herbal remedies; Traditional healing systems; Zingiber; ginger

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; PHYTOCHEMICAL;

CHEMISTRY; ZINGIBERACEAE;

FOOD PRESERVATIVES; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOCHEMICALS; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 85040342222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules22122145     Document Type: Review

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