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Ginger is a common spice used worldwide, whether for meals or as a folk medicine. [42] Ginger can be used for a variety of food items such as vegetables, candy, soda, pickles, and alcoholic beverages. [39] Ginger is a fragrant kitchen spice. [5] Young ginger rhizomes are juicy and fleshy with a mild taste.
The scientific name of the species is Zingiber spectabile. "Zingiber" is originally from a Sanskrit word that means "shaped like a horn" and refers to the horn-shaped leaves of most species of ginger.
Asarum caudatum (British Columbia wild ginger, western wild ginger, or long-tailed wild ginger) is a plant native to rich moist forests of western North America. It has heart-shaped leaves and a three-lobed purplish flower.
According to Cancer Research UK, "available scientific evidence does not support claims that black cohosh is effective in treating or preventing cancer". [54] Aloe – a genus of flowering succulent plants native to Africa. According to Cancer Research UK, a potentially deadly product called T-UP is made of concentrated aloe, and promoted as a ...
Asarum is a genus of plants in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, commonly known as wild ginger. Asarum is from Greek ἄσαρον , a name for Asarum europaeum . Description
Curcumin is a bright yellow chemical produced by plants of the Curcuma longa species. It is the principal curcuminoid of turmeric (Curcuma longa), a member of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Gingerol ([6]-gingerol) is a phenolic phytochemical compound found in fresh ginger that activates heat receptors on the tongue. [1] [2] It is normally found as a pungent yellow oil in the ginger rhizome, but can also form a low-melting crystalline solid.