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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 85, Issue 2-3, Pages 289-293Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00009-6
Keywords
Zingiberaceae; ginger; antifungal resistance; pathogenic fungi; Borneo ethnobotany; traditional phytomedicine
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Extracts from 11 plant species belonging to the Zingiberaceae were tested for antifungal activity using disc diffusion bioassays. Extracts from several members, especially Alpinia galanga, Curcuma zedoaria and Zingiber purpureum, were found to have pronounced inhibitory activities against a wide variety of human pathogenic fungi, including strains resistant to the common antifungals amphotericin B and ketoconazole. As members of the Zingiberaceae are generally regarded as safe for human consumption, these species are excellent candidates for development as novel therapeutics. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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