Promising Roles of Zingiber officinale and its Derivatives on Promoting Health and Protecting from Disorders

Abstract

Background: Ginger (Zingiber officinale) have gained great attention across the globe since ancient times or decades ago to be utilized as a delicacy spice or remedy to promote health and protect from ailments. Methods: Supplementing ginger and active phytochemical constituents to mammalian species for spicing foods and protecting cells from disorders during stressful conditions. Result: Supplementing ginger and active phytochemical constituents during stressful conditions might be helpful to overcome the stressors and increase productive and reproductive performances. Mammalian species during stressful conditions as transitional period, pregnancy, peak of lactation, heat stress andbody ailments require ginger and active phytochemical constituents to alleviate stress and promote body function. Ginger plant contains chemical compounds including amaldehyde, gingerol, shogaol and paradol, which are beneficial to the body health and have a wide range of pharmacological properties. Hence, the review article was designed to shed light of ginger and active phytochemical constituents’ supplementation on promoting health and protecting from disorders in human and animals.