(Zingiberaceae) Zingiber purpureum Roscoe

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Medicinal use(s): for arthritis treatment.

Part(s) used: rhizome.

Field Characters: Shrub about 1.5 meters tall. Simple, alternate leaves with parallel venation. Petiole wrapped around the stem..

Locality: Champassak Province, Ba Chieng District, Nong Sai Village.

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Altitude:  182 m asl. 

Collector(s): A. Libman, O. Souliya, B. Vanavong

Collection number(s): LAOS_549

Collection Date: August 7, 2003

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Deng M, Yun X, Ren S, et al. Plants of the Genus Zingiber: A Review of Their Ethnomedicine, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology. Molecules 2022, 27(9):2826. doi: 10.3390/molecules27092826 

Han AR, Kim H, Piao D, et al. Phytochemicals and Bioactivities of Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. Molecules 2021, 26(8):2377. doi: 10.3390/molecules26082377 

Kato E, Kubo M, Okamoto Y, et al. Safety Assessment of Bangle (Zingiber purpureum Rosc.) Rhizome Extract: Acute and Chronic Studies in Rats and Clinical Studies in Human. ACS Omega 2018, 3 (11), 15879-15889. https://pubs.acs.org/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1021%2Facsomega.8b02485&include=cit&format=ris&direct=true&downloadFileName=acsomega.8b02485&href=/doi/10.1021/acsomega.8b02485