Journal article
Therapeutic Potential of Alpinia officinarum
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.18(14), pp.1220-1232
2018
Abstract
The plant Alpinia officinarum of the ginger family originated in China and is used throughout South and South-East Asian countries to flavour food and as a traditional medicine to treat a variety of diseases. This review summarizes the biological, pharmacological and phytochemical properties of extracts and subsequently isolated compounds from A. officinarum. In vitro and in vivo studies of both extracts and pure compounds indicate a wide variety of potent bioactivities including anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiobesity, anticancer, enzyme inhibitory and remarkable antiviral properties. The latter is particularly promising in the face of emerging, virulent respiratory diseases in Asia and the Middle East.
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- Title
- Therapeutic Potential of Alpinia officinarum
- Authors
- David James Young (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringM K Pillai (Author) - Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei DarussalamM Majid (Author) - Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
- Publication details
- Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.18(14), pp.1220-1232
- Publisher
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.2174/1389557517666171002154123
- ISSN
- 1389-5575
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450571202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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