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Journal of Thai Traditional & Alternative Medicine Vol. 11 No. 2 May-August 2013 137

Abstract
Zingiber cassumunar: Chemical Composition, Pharmacological activities, Toxicology
and Quality Control
1,2,
Pharkphoom Panichayupakaranant *, Likit Lateh 1
1 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thai-
2
land, Phytomedicine and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
*Corresponding author: pharkphoom.p@psu.ac.th
Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. (Zingiberaceae) is a medicinal plant indigenous mainly to India
and tropical Southeast Asia. The plant has been used in folk medicine for the treatment of various
disorders, such as diseases accompanied by tissue inflammation, rheumatism, muscular pain,
wounds, and asthma. It has also been used as a carminative. Z. cassumunar is used increasingly as
an ingredient in marketed phytomedicines. Therefore, the research informations of Z. cassumunar
are required for its efficiently and safely uses. This review article includes chemical constituents,
pharmacological and toxicological studies, and quality control of Z. cassumunar and its extracts.
Key words: Zingiber cassumunar, phenylbutanoid, inflammation, quality