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Antifungal activity of the essential oils of nine Zingiberaceae species

The rhizome oils of nine Zingiberaceae species [Zingiber officinale Rosc., Z. cassumunar Roxb., Z. zerumbet Smith, Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb., C. mangga Valeton and van Zyp, C. xanthorrhiza Roxb., Kaempferia galanga Linn., Alpinia galanga Swartz and Boesenbergia pandurata (Roxb.) Schlecht] were investigated for their ant...

Plant-derived immunomodulators: an insight on their preclinical evaluation and clinical trials

The phagocyte-microbe interactions in the immune system is a defence mechanism but when excessively or inappropriately deployed can harm host tissues and participate in the development of different non-immune and immune chronic inflammatory diseases such as autoimmune problems, allergies, some rheumatoid disorders, can...

Ficus carica L.(Moraceae): phytochemistry, traditional uses and biological activities

This paper describes the botanical features of Ficus carica L. (Moraceae), its wide variety of chemical constituents, its use in traditional medicine as remedies for many health problems, and its biological activities. The plant has been used traditionally to treat various ailments such as gastric problems, inflammatio...

Inhibitory effect of compounds from Zingiberaceae species on human platelet aggregation

Twelve compounds isolated fromAlpinia muticaRoxb.,Kaempferia rotundaLinn.,Curcuma xanthorhizaRoxb.,Curcuma aromaticaValeton andZingiber zerumbetSmith (Family: Zingiberaceae) and three synthesized derivatives of xanthorrhizol were evaluated for their ability to inhibit arachidonic acid- (AA), collagen- and ADP-induced p...

Platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor-binding antagonist activity of Malaysian medicinal plants

Forty-nine methanol extracts of 37 species of Malaysian medicinal plants were investigated for their inhibitory effects on platelet-activating factor (PAF) binding to rabbit platelets, using3H-PAF as a ligand. Among them, the extracts of six Zingiberaceae species (Alpinia galangaSwartz.,Boesenbergia pandurataRoxb.,Curc...