Boesenbergia Rotunda
Genomic Database System

The popularity of B.rotunda ethnomedical usage has drawn the attention of scientists worldwide to further investigate its medical properties. Advancement in drug design and discovery research has led to the developments of synthetic drugs from B.rotunda metabolites via bioinformatics and medical chemistry studies. It has an underground stem, known as a rhizome. This spreads into many bunches in the same way as ginger, galangal and turmeric. These structures accumulate nutrients and the middle part is more swollen than the head and bottom part.

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- Common Uses -

Used in traditional medicine

To address health problems such as dental caries dermatitis,dry mouth,dry cough and cold, swelling wounds, diarrhea and dysentery

Health Benefits

Prevent helicobacteria pylori, prevent bacteria, helpful for HIV patients, inhibits giardiasis, prevent cavity, treat ulcers, obesity, prevent colon and breast cancer,treats leukemia and heal wounds

Essential oil compounds

Terpinene,Geraniol, Camphor, 1,8-cineole, ocimene, myrcene, borneol, camphene, methyl cinnamate, terpinol, geranial, neral, nerolidol, citral, limonene, and 11-dodecen-1-ol

Boesenbergia rotunda (Family: Zingiberaceae) as known as fingerroot is a daily food ingredient and traditional medicinal plant in Southeast Asia and Indo-China. It has been shown to possess anti-allergic, antibacterial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antiulcer activities and also shown wound healing. Its common phytochemical components include alkaloids, essential oils, flavonoids, and phenolics. This plant is rich in boesenbergin, krachaizin, panduratin, and pinostrobin, all of which has been reported to contribute to its remedial properties including aphrodisiac property. Based on established literature on the aphrodisiac property of B. rotunda and possible mode of action, this review article has attempted to compile that B. rotunda could be further explored for the development of potential aphrodisiac treatment.

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