Family- Zingiberaceae.
Habitat- Native to China; cultivated in northern India.
English- Lesser Galangal, Alpinia,Catarrh Root, Chinese Ginger.
Ayurvedic- Kulanjan (var.).
Unani- Khulanjaan (smaller var.).
Siddha/Tamil- Chitrarattai.
Action- Rhizome—a circulatory stimulant and carminative.
Key application- As a carminative.(The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia.)Aqueous and methanolic extracts of
the rhizome, on oral administration,exhibited significant decrease in gastric secretion in rabbits and showed anticholinergic effect in pylorus-ligated rats.Flavones from rhizomes are strongly antifungal against a wide variety of pathogenic fungi, responsible for major skin diseases in eastern India.Flavones were also found to be active against a number of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.The gingerols and diaryheptanoids
constituents of the rhizome are potent inhibitors of PG synthetase (prostaglandin biosynthesizing enzyme); they can also be active against 5-lipoxygenase,an enzyme involved in leukotriene biosynthesis (Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, 2007.)
Habitat- Native to China; cultivated in northern India.
English- Lesser Galangal, Alpinia,Catarrh Root, Chinese Ginger.
Ayurvedic- Kulanjan (var.).
Unani- Khulanjaan (smaller var.).
Siddha/Tamil- Chitrarattai.
Action- Rhizome—a circulatory stimulant and carminative.
Key application- As a carminative.(The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia.)Aqueous and methanolic extracts of
the rhizome, on oral administration,exhibited significant decrease in gastric secretion in rabbits and showed anticholinergic effect in pylorus-ligated rats.Flavones from rhizomes are strongly antifungal against a wide variety of pathogenic fungi, responsible for major skin diseases in eastern India.Flavones were also found to be active against a number of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.The gingerols and diaryheptanoids
constituents of the rhizome are potent inhibitors of PG synthetase (prostaglandin biosynthesizing enzyme); they can also be active against 5-lipoxygenase,an enzyme involved in leukotriene biosynthesis (Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, 2007.)
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