Alpinia Zerumbet
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Other Names : Shell ginger, pink porcelain lily, variegated ginger, butterfly ginger, gettō' (ゲットウ), sannin, yàn shānjiāng (艳山姜), yuetao (月桃).
Special Precautions of Alpinia Zerumbet
Health Benefits and uses of Alpinia Zerumbet
- Its tea has hypotensive, diuretic and antiulcerogenic properties.
- Decoction of leaves has been used during bathing to alleviate fevers..
- The leaves and rhizomes have been proven effective against HIV-1 integrase and neuraminidase enzymes, and has also shown anti-diabetic effect through inhibitions of formation of advanced glycation end products.
- the antioxidant activities of different parts of Alpinia zerumbet has been reported.
References
- HIV-1 integrase and neuraminidase inhibitors from Alpinia zerumbet. Upadhyay etal. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2011,59,2857-2862.
- Advanced glycation end product inhibitors from Alpinia zerumbet. Chompoo etal. Food Chem. 2011,129,709-715.
- Elzaawelly etal.Food Chem.2007,104,1648.
- Elzaawelly etal.Food Chem.2007,103,486.
