Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)

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Synonyms

African ginger, Amomum zingiber L., black ginger, bordia, chayenne ginger, cochin ginger, curcumin gan jiang, gegibre, gingembre, gingerall, ginger BP, ginger oil, ginger power BP, ginger root, ginger trips, ingwer, Jamaica ginger, kankyo, oleoresins, race ginger, rhizoma zingeberis, sheng jiang, vanillyl ketones, verma, zerzero, Zingiber capitatum , Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Zingiber zerumbet Smith, Zingiber blancoi Massk, Zingiber majus Rumph, zingerone , zingibain, Zingiberis rhizoma, Zinopin® (Pycnogenol® and standardized ginger root extract), Zintona EC.

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Portions of this document last updated:

Sept. 1, 2009

THIS EVIDENCE-BASED MONOGRAPH WAS PREPARED BY
THE NATURAL STANDARD RESEARCH COLLABORATION
(www.naturalstandard.com)


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