Details of Plants:Zingiber officinale

Plant details

Family: Zingiberaceae
Phytochemicals

(3S,5S) - 3,5 - diacetoxy - 1,7 - bis (4-hydroxy-3-methoxy) - heptane
(−)-Isoledene
10-gingerol
6-dehydrogingerdione
6-gingerol
8-gingerol
Gingerenone – A
Paradol
Quercetin
Shogaol
Zingerone
Zingiberene
[6] - gingerdione
[6] - isoshogaol
α-Farnesene
α-curcumene
β-bisabolene
β-sesquiphellandrene
NE-statewise availability

Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Nagaland
Vernacular Name

Arunachal Pradesh: Ching
Assam: Moran ada
Nagaland: Viichii (Angami)
Ailments cured

Cough/Cold
Headache
Throat infections
Vomiting
Plant parts used and methods

Rhizome: Taken orally
Plant References

Chase. P.E; Singh. O.P. Ethnomedicinal plants used by Angami tribe of Nagaland, India. Indian Journal of Tropical Biodiversity. (1):29-42, 2013.

Purkayatha.J; et al. Ethnobotany of medicinal plants from Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve of Northeast India, Fitoterapia 76, 121 – 127, 2005.

Tangjanga. S; et al. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in the Eastern Himalayan zone of Arunachal Pradesh; India; Journal of Ethnopharmacology 134; 18–25; 2011.

Phytochemical References

Pancharoen, O; et al. Phytochemistry of the zingiberaceae. Studies in natural products chemistry 23: 797-865, 2000.