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Antimicrobial activity of Curcuma zedoaria and Curcuma malabarica tubers.
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The findings support the use of Curcuma zedoaria tubers in traditional medicine for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections and the first report of the antimicrobial properties ofCurcuma malabarica.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 2005-05-13. It has received 147 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Curcuma zedoaria & Curcuma.read more
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Evaluation of Combined Antibacterial Effects of Eugenol, Cinnamaldehyde, Thymol, and Carvacrol against E. coli with an Improved Method
TL;DR: The negative impacts of unpleasant smell of eugenol, cinnamaldehyde, thymol, and carvacrol could be minimized, making it possible to add them to foods as preservatives.
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Turmeric and Its Major Compound Curcumin on Health: Bioactive Effects and Safety Profiles for Food, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnological and Medicinal Applications.
Javad Sharifi-Rad,Youssef El Rayess,Alain Abi Rizk,Carmen Sadaka,Raviella Zgheib,Wissam Zam,Simona Sestito,Simona Rapposelli,Katarzyna Neffe-Skocińska,Dorota Zielińska,Bahare Salehi,William N. Setzer,Noura S. Dosoky,Yasaman Taheri,Marc El Beyrouthy,Miquel Martorell,Elise Adrian Ostrander,Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria,William C. Cho,Alfred Maroyi,Natália Martins +20 more
TL;DR: This review aims to offer an in-depth discussion of curcumin applications for food and biotechnological industries, and on health promotion and disease prevention, with particular emphasis on its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, anticancer, hepatoprotective, and cardioprotective effects.
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Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Zingiberaceae Plants in Taiwan
TL;DR: A positive demonstration of the utility of screening Taiwan’s endemic Zingiberaceous plants for their food and medicinal uses is demonstrated.
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Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of Essential Oils of Curcuma Species.
TL;DR: This review summarizes the volatile components of various Curcuma species, the biological activities ofCurcuma essential oils, and potential safety concerns of curcuminoids and their components.
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Curcuma zedoaria Rosc.(white turmeric): a review of its chemical, pharmacological and ethnomedicinal properties
TL;DR: This study is an attempt to compile an up-to-date and comprehensive review of C. zedoaria that covers its traditional and folk medicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology, and botany, chemistry, traditional uses and pharmacological data of the plant.
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Antibacterial activity of turmeric oil: a byproduct from curcumin manufacture.
TL;DR: In this article, turmeric oleoresin was extracted from the mother liquor using hexane at 60 degrees C, and the hexane extract was separated into three fractions using silica gel column chromatography.
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Handbook Of Medicinal Plants
Zohara Yaniv,Uriel Bachrach +1 more
TL;DR: This book discusses the use and development of Medicinal Plants in China in the Past Century, and the challenges and Aim of Phytomedicine in the Near Future.
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Antifungal activity of turmeric oil extracted from Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)
TL;DR: The inhibitory activity of turmeric oil was tested in Trichophyton-induced dermatophytosis in guinea pigs and showed that all 15 isolates of dermatophytes could be inhibited by turmericOil at dilutions of 1:40-1:320.
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Inhibition of human pathogenic fungi by members of Zingiberaceae used by the Kenyah (Indonesian Borneo).
TL;DR: Extracts from 11 plant species belonging to the Zingiberaceae were tested for antifungal activity using disc diffusion bioassays as discussed by the authors, and they were found to have pronounced inhibitory activities against a wide variety of human pathogenic fungi.
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Antiinflammatory activity of Curcuma amada Roxb. in albino rats
TL;DR: The extract of Curcuma amada rhizomes showed antiinflammatory activity in acute and chronic administration in albino rats.