Exploring the Pharmacological Significance of Ginger: A Literature-Based Review

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  • Shamama Aftab Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61980/3049-7647/2026/4/15

Keywords:

Zingiber Officinale, Ginger, bp lowering effects, fat lowering, bioactive components, antioxidant activity, natural therapeutics, pharmacological properties.

Abstract

Ginger (Zingiber officinale ) is one the most renowned And useful Medical plant famous for its therapeutic and Pharmacological properties This literature review aims to summarize and highlight the potential of ginger and its bioactive components such as Shagols, gingerols,gingerdiones and Zingerone. The data is being collected from different researches, scientific studies and data bases and by the clinical controlled trials available on the databases liked google scholar, PubMed and ecommonsaku. This review actually highlights the important pharmacological properties of lowering blood pressure, lowering tri glycerides (LDL and increasing HDL), antioxidant activity, inhibition or blockage of calcium channels, mediating inflammation and improvement of lipid metabolism .overall, this review actually highlights the potency of ginger to be a promising candidate for future drug development in pharmaceuticals due to its characteristics. Furthermore, this article also summarizes the important characteristics of ginger which promises the further exploration of its bioactive components.

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2026-03-28

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