Ethnopharmacological & Phytochemical Screening of Ginger (Rhizoma Zingiberis) Sold in Herbalists in the Gaza Strip

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Introduction Rhizoma Zingiberis is a tropical perennial herb that used traditionally for many human ailments. Objectives were oriented to investigate the drug suitability according to literatures, preparation methods of using ginger in the Gaza Strip and to study the ethnopharmacological uses of ginger. Methodology This study was subject of a cross sectional descriptive study conducted on the Gaza city herbalists and ginger users during 2010, twenty one different samples of ginger rhizome and powder sold in herbalists in the Gaza Strip were examined macroscopically and microscopically, where phytochemical screening and chromatographic control by using three different solvent systems in TLC of eight samples of ginger rhizome and powder were carried out on chloroform, ethanol and aqueous extracts by cold maceration and soxhelt extraction methods. Results Morphological studies of rhizome and powder samples showed the presence of various diagnostic characters. In the cross sectional microscopic examination, rhizome samples showed the presence of epidermis, outer cork, inner cork, endodermis, pericycle, cortex, vascular bundles, oil globules and starch granules. Where, powder samples showed the presence of starch granules, fibers, reticulate vessels, vascular bundles, oil globules and parenchyma cells. Ash values and extractive values were determined for quality standard of drug samples. Phytochemical investigation showed the presence of sterols and volatile oils in non-saponifiable fractions of cold & hot chloroform extracts. Cardiac glycosides and reducing sugars were present in cold & hot ethanol extracts. Respectively, carbohydrates were also present in cold & hot aqueous extracts. The present study also showed that the majority of the herbalists prescribe ginger for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, while, majority of users use it to prevent diseases and the minority of them use it for treatment of gastric ulcer. Both herbalists and ginger users prefer to use ginger as a food spices. Conclusion The powder and rhizomes of ginger which present in the market of Gaza Strip belong to Zingiber officinale. Both chloroform and ethanol hot extracts possessed a higher yield of phytoconstituents than cold extracts, while, cold aqueous extract of different drug samples revealed better presence of carbohydrates qualitatively than hot aqueous extract. The study concluded also that infusion and cold maceration of ginger were good preparation methods.

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Crawler

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الرسائل العلمية

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رسائل ماجيستير

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الفحص الاثنوفارماكولوجي والنباتي الكيمائي للزنجبيل (ريزوما زنجيبرس) الذى يباع لدى العطارين في قطاع غزة

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English

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Ethnopharmacological & Phytochemical Screening of Ginger (Rhizoma Zingiberis) Sold in Herbalists in the Gaza Strip

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الإشراف

جهاد أحمد, مازن الساكة

الإعداد

سها محمد فضل سالم

الاقتباسات الببليوغرافية