Nowadays more and more people are interested in the herb extract products due to its natural efficacy on human health but without significant side effect. Take Ginger Extract for example, people love it because of its active ingredients gingerol. ginger has been used to aid digestion and treat stomach upset, diarrhea, and nausea for more than 2,000 years.Ginger has also been used to help treat arthritis, colic, diarrhea, and heart conditions. In addition to these medicinal uses, ginger continues to be valued around the world as an important cooking spice and is believed to help treat the common cold, flu-like symptoms, headaches, and even painful menstrual periods.

Brief Information

Ginger

Latin Name: Zingiber officinale

PLANT FAMILY: Zingiberaceae – Ginger family

OTHER NAMES

• Ayurveda: Ardraka¹
• Pinyin: Jiang¹

Botanical Description

Ginger is an herbaceous perennial herb, growing up to approximately 5 feet (1.5 meters) in height.⁴ Its alternate lance-shaped narrow leaves are sheathed to the stem and grow upwards.⁴ Flower stems are shorter than leaf stems and have an egg-shaped tip with dense, large yellow-green bracts surrounding the tip.⁴ The orange-yellow petals of the flower have a purplish tubular inner structure.^3,4 The cone flowers are scarce in a spike formation originating from a small thin bract within the larger bract.^4,5 Its capsule fruit has tiny arillate seeds.⁴ The underground part is a horizontal rhizome that branches out resembling the fingers of a hand.⁴ The thin skin of the rhizome is a tan color with a yellow fibrous interior.⁴

PARTS USED: rhizome

PROMINENT PHYTOCHEMICALS

Prominent Constituents Reported in the Scientific Literature:
Volatile oils including zingiberene and pungent compounds including gingerol and shogaol.^2,3

INFORMATION

The origin of Ginger is unclear but it is most likely indigenous to northeastern India or southeast Asia.^3,4 It is cultivated on both hemispheres in tropical climates, commercially in Africa, China, India, Jamaica and has a ten month growing season.^4,5 The herb is not found naturally in the wild, rather it is sterile and propagated by humans.³ The rhizome is harvested when after a year’s growth and when the aerial parts have died back.⁷

Habitat preferences for soil include light/sandy, medium/loamy and heavy/clay that is moist, humus-rich, and well-drained.⁵ The plant prefers part shade (light woodland) to full sun, however, dormancy occurs at lower temperatures.⁵

The young leaves, flowers, shoots, and stem ginger (immature rhizomes) are edible and taste only slightly pungent compared to the mature rhizome.⁵ In the food and beverage industry, Ginger is used heavily as an ingredient or spicy, pungent flavoring.² The essential oil of the rhizome is utilized in the perfume and the fragrance industry, as well as flavoring essences.⁵

REFERENCES

1. McGuffin M, Kartesz J. American Herbal Products Association’s Herbs of Commerce, 2nd ed. Silver Springs, MD: Publication of the American Herbal Products Association; 2000.

2. Skenderi G. Herbal Vade Mecum. Rutherford, NJ: Herbacy Press; 2003.

3. Van Wyk B, Wink M. Medicinal Plants of the World, 5th ed. Portland, OR & London, England: Timber Press; 2012.

4. World Health Organization. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants, Vol. 1: Rhizoma Zingiberis. World Health Organization. 1999. Geneva, Switzerland.

5. Plants for a Future. 1996-2012. (Plants for a Future Database, 3 January 2019). Devon EX7 9LX England.

6. Native American Ethnobotany DB. 2003-2018. (Native American Ethnobotany Database, 3 January 2019). Dearborn, MI 48198 USA.

7. Grieve M. A Modern Herbal, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. New York, NY: Dover Publications; 1982.

Ginger, the under-ground stem, or rhizome, of the plant Zingiber officinale has been used as a medicine in Asian, Indian, and Arabic herbal traditions since ancient times. In China, for example, ginger has been used to aid digestion and treat stomach upset, diarrhea, and nausea for more than 2,000 years. Ginger has also been used to help treat arthritis, colic, diarrhea, and heart conditions. In addition to these medicinal uses, ginger continues to be valued around the world as an important cooking spice and is believed to help treat the common cold, flu-like symptoms, headaches, and even painful menstrual periods. Native to Asia where its use as a culinary spice spans at least 4,400 years, ginger grows in fertile, moist, tropical soil.

Functions & Applications:

1.Ginger extract gingerol powder can stimulate digestion and protect the stomach ;
2.Ginger extract gingerol powder with the function of anti-inflammatory;
3.Ginger extract gingerol powder plays a role in keeping cardiovascular system healthy;
4.Ginger extract gingerol powder can be used to treat abdominal bloat,vomiting and rheumatism.
5.Applied in food field,as the raw material of food, not only nutritious and good for stomach, but aslo have the function of detoxication;
6.Applied in pharmaveutical field, promoting blood circulation and regulating breathing, which will help the metabolism;
7.Applied in cosmetic field, keeping skin speckleless and wrinkleless.

Hefei Dielegance Biotechnology Co., Ltd., sharing this knowledge and experience about ginger herb, grasps the chance to cooperate with several universities to manufacture ginger extract for the human use. Our Ginger Extract includes several specifications for you to choose, such as 10%, 15%, 20% Gingerol. If you have any demand, you are welcomed to send us an inquiry or contact us.