TY - CHAP
T1 - Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis
T2 - Clinical Observations and Mechanistic Insights.
AU - Baliga, Manjeshwar Shrinath
AU - Latheef, Latheesh
AU - Haniadka, Raghavendra
AU - Fazal, Farhan
AU - Mane, Prajwal Prabhudev
AU - Kalekhan, Faizan
AU - Chacko, Jacob
PY - 2015/1/27
Y1 - 2015/1/27
N2 - Osteoarthritis (OA), a clinical condition caused in part by injury, loss of cartilage structure and function, and an imbalance in inflammatory and anti-inflammatory pathways, is a major health problem in older adults. To complicate this, a complete cure is not available, especially when the cartilage is destroyed; in such conditions the treatment is restricted towards relieving pain, maintaining or improving joint mobility, increasing the strength of the joints, and minimizing the disabling effects of the disease. The rhizome of Zingiber officinale Roscoe (family Zingiberaceae), known colloquially as ginger, has been used since time immemorial as a anti-arthritic agent, and scientific studies have validated the ethnomedicinal effects of ginger. The present chapter addresses these aspects in detail, and also emphasizes the molecular anti-osteoarthritic mechanisms.
AB - Osteoarthritis (OA), a clinical condition caused in part by injury, loss of cartilage structure and function, and an imbalance in inflammatory and anti-inflammatory pathways, is a major health problem in older adults. To complicate this, a complete cure is not available, especially when the cartilage is destroyed; in such conditions the treatment is restricted towards relieving pain, maintaining or improving joint mobility, increasing the strength of the joints, and minimizing the disabling effects of the disease. The rhizome of Zingiber officinale Roscoe (family Zingiberaceae), known colloquially as ginger, has been used since time immemorial as a anti-arthritic agent, and scientific studies have validated the ethnomedicinal effects of ginger. The present chapter addresses these aspects in detail, and also emphasizes the molecular anti-osteoarthritic mechanisms.
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-418680-4.00012-9
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-418680-4.00012-9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84944632288
SN - 9780124186804
SP - 111
EP - 117
BT - Foods and Dietary Supplements in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease in Older Adults
PB - Elsevier Inc.
ER -