Cardioprotective effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Abstract

Ginger is the rhizome of the plant In ayurveda, it is referred as “vishwabheshaja” which means the universal medicine, can be given to anyone living in this world and it would be suited to all. In addition to its culinary use ginger also possess medicinal property by bioactive components present in them. Ginger can be used in its fresh, dried, powdered, oil and syrup forms. Ginger is an herbal remedy and reported to possess strong anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial and other activities. The present review is conducted to evaluate cardioprotective effect of ginger. Ginger was found effective in combating cardiovascular disease such as hypertension, obesity, atherosclerosis by changing lipid profile.

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“…It has been reported to have astounding benefits in managing and restoring CVDs, including hypertension, obesity, atherosclerosis and hypolipidemia. Z. officinale treatment in case of hypertension and high cholesterol have showed improvement in systolic and diastolic BP by 1 month resulting in decreased hypertension, decrease in the levels of ALT, AST activities & decrease in TGs and TC levels were reported to be attributed to the Gingerols and shogaols 28,29 .…”