Alpinia calcarata

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"Alpinia calcarata Roscoe : A Potential Phytopharmacological Source Of Natural Medicine". PHARMACOGNosy REView. 2015 Jan-Jun; 9(17): 55–62.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441163/

ABSTRACT. "Alpinia calcarata is cultivated in tropical countries, including Sri Lanka, India, and Malaysia. Experimentally, rhizomes of Alpinia calcarata are shown to possess antibacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, aphrodisiac, gastroprotective, and antidiabetic activities."

INTRODUCTION. "A. calcarata rhizome is widely used to treat cough, respiratory ailments, bronchitis, asthma, arthritis and diabetics.[2,5,6] Research has shown antibacterial, anthelmintic, antifungal, antinociceptive, antioxidant, gastroprotective, aphrodisiac and antidiabetic effects."

Ethnopharmacology. "A. calcarata is named as Kulanjan in Hindi, Heen-araththa in Sinhala, Amkolinji in Tamil and Kattuchena in Malyalam In India.[26] It is widely used for ... invigorating the circulatory systems in Indian region.[26]"

CONCLUSIVE REMARKS. "Test conducted ... for anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antinociceptive, reproductive capability, anticancer, gastroprotective and other biological activities have shown promising results".

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"Alpinia calcarata Roscoe; A Pharmacological Update ".

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC REVIEW

Volume 4 Number 2 (February-2016) pp. 199-208.

http://www.ijcrar.com/4-2-2016/Mathew%20George,%20et%20al.pdf

p. 199 ABSTRACT. " Alpinia calcarata Roscoe (Family: Zingiberaceae), it is a rhizomatous perennialherb, which is commonly used in the traditional medicinal systems in Sri Lanka. ...

Experimentally, rhizomes of Alpinia calcarata are shown to possess antibacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, aphrodisiac, gastroprotective, and antidiabetic activities."

p. 200a TAXONOMY. "Synonyms4 Alpinia calcarata Rosk., Alpinia erecta Lodd. and Steud., Alpinia bracheata Rosk.,AlpiniacerrntaSims., Renealmia calcarata Haw.,Globba eracta Retx., Languas calcarata Mem S

elected Vernacular Names5

Sinhala- Heen aratta, Aratta

English- Galanga, Small galangal

Tamil- Amkolinji"

p. 201a MEDICINAL USES8. "According to traditional systems of medicine, rhizomes of A. calcarata Rhizome of this plant is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis."

p. 201b ACTIVITY STUDIES11. "The use of A. calcarata to cure the inflammation of joints has been investigated and it was shown that ... A. calcarata rhizomes has cured ... joint inflammations10."

p. 202b GASTROPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY. "It was demonstrated that ... A. calcarata rhizomes possess marked gastroprotective properties as evidenced by its significant inhibition of gastric lesions ... ."

p. 207b EFFECTS ... OF ALPINIA CALCARATA RHIZOMES ON REPRODUCTIVE COMPETENCE. "It is concluded that A. calcarata rhizomes possess a strong and safe oral aphrodisiac activity."

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"Analysis Of Some Selected Isolated Compounds From Alpinia Calcarata". WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH Volume 8 (2019), Issue 8, pp. 50-60. http//wjpr.net/1561970968.pdf

p. 50 "Alpinia calcarata (Family - Zingiberaceae) is a medicinal plant ... commonly used in traditional medicinal system to treat cough, respiratory ailments, bronchitis, asthma, arthritis and diabetes."

p. 51 "The most important part of A. calcarata is it's rhizome which is widely used to treat cough, respiratory ailments, bronchitis, asthma, arthritis and diabetes.[8,9] Research has shown antibacterial, anthelmintic, antifungal, antinociceptive, antioxidant, gastroprotective, aphrodisiac and antidiabetic effects ... A. calcarata rhizomes.[6]"

p. 58 "The present study showed that all the selected constituents of Alpinia calcarata significantly interact with cyclooxygenase enzymes."

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