ALPINIA GALANGA: AN OVERVIEW AND HERBAL INTERACTIONS

  • Deepa Shukla Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (Pharmacy) Ghaziabad, India
  • Talha Jawaid Hygia institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Lucknow, India
  • Dr. Sajal Srivastava Hygia institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Lucknow, India
Keywords: Alpinia galanga, herbal and interactions

Abstract

Medicinal plants and derived medicine are widely used in traditional cultures all over the world and they are becoming increasingly popular in modern society as natural alternatives to synthetic chemicals. Alpinia galanga willd. (family- zingiberaceae) commonly known as galanga, is an important cultivated medicinal crop of India. Herbal medicine consists active ingredients in crude form or as an isolated chemical constituent by various processes. Herbal medicine widely perceived by the public too, but adverse effect include important inhibition with conventional medicine occurs. The present paper is an overview on phytopharmacological properties of the plant and its herbal interactions.

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Deepa Shukla, Talha Jawaid, Dr. Sajal Srivastava. ALPINIA GALANGA: AN OVERVIEW AND HERBAL INTERACTIONS. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2017Jun.30 [cited 2024Apr.19];4(03):301-5. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/244
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