Food as medicine: A possible preventive measure against coronavirus disease (COVID‐19)

F Yang, Y Zhang, A Tariq, X Jiang… - Phytotherapy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The recent and ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) is a huge global
challenge. The outbreak, which first occurred in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and …

Natural food preservation with ginger essential oil: Biological properties and delivery systems

J He, M Hadidi, S Yang, MR Khan, W Zhang… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, the increasing demand from consumers for preservative-free or naturally
preserved foods has forced the food industry to turn to natural herbal and plant-derived …

Antibacterial Activity and Mechanism of Ginger Essential Oil against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

X Wang, Y Shen, K Thakur, J Han, JG Zhang, F Hu… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Though essential oils exhibit antibacterial activity against food pathogens, their underlying
mechanism is understudied. We extracted ginger essential oil (GEO) using supercritical CO2 …

Combinative effect of cutting orientation and drying techniques (hot air, vacuum, freeze and catalytic infrared drying) on the physicochemical properties of ginger …

Z Ren, X Yu, AEGA Yagoub, OA Fakayode, H Ma… - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
The combinative effects of both longitudinal cut (Lc) and transverse cut (Tc), and hot air,
vacuum, freeze and catalytic infrared drying (HD, VD, FD and CID) techniques on the …

Fungicidal properties of ginger (Zingiber officinale) essential oils against Phytophthora colocasiae

MT Kalhoro, H Zhang, GM Kalhoro, F Wang, T Chen… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recently, plant essential oils (EOs) have attracted special attention in plant disease control
and food preservation. Since ancient times, essential oils extracted from plants have …

Ginger and its derivatives as promising alternatives to antibiotics in poultry feed

ME Abd El-Hack, M Alagawany, H Shaheen, D Samak… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The present review updates the current knowledge about the beneficial
effects of ginger and its derivatives as feed supplements to poultry feed, particularly its …

Starch extraction from avocado by-product and its use for encapsulation of ginger essential oil by electrospinning

JB Pires, FN Dos Santos, EP da Cruz… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Starches from alternative sources, such as avocado seed, have potential for application in
the encapsulation of essential oils. This study aimed to extract starch from avocado seeds …

[HTML][HTML] Zingiber officinale ameliorates Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairments: lessons from preclinical studies

M Talebi, S Ilgün, V Ebrahimi, M Talebi… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition mostly communal in people of
advanced years accompanying various dysfunctionalities especially cognitive impairments …

Evaluation of essential oil extracted from ginger, cinnamon and lemon for therapeutic and biological activities

N Rasool, Z Saeed, M Pervaiz, F Ali, U Younas… - Biocatalysis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Essential oil extracted from plants has many applications in the field of medicine, cosmetic
and pharmaceuticals due to cost effectiveness and therapeutic effects associated. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Essential oils as natural antioxidants for the control of food preservation

TRC Konfo, FMC Djouhou, YA Koudoro… - Food Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite advancements in food preservation ways, the nature of preservatives remains one
of the real problems that must be taken into account for the preservation of consumer health …