Research progress on gingerol and zingiberol from ginger / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Ginger as a commonly used Chinese materia medica, but also edible, has been widely cultivated in China. Complex chemical components have been found more than 100 kinds, they are mainly sesquiterpenes and monoterpenes. Gingerol and zingiberol are as the active ingredients of ginger. In the literature of ginger, we found that most of them are on gingerol while less on zingiberol; More of them confused or mixed the two. In this paper the related literatures at home and abroad analyze the structure and pharmacological effects as well as the application of gingerol and zingiberol.