<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dennis RA Mans</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meryll Djotaroeno</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Priscilla Friperson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jennifer Pawirodihardjo</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochemical and Pharmacological Support for the Traditional Uses of Zingiberacea Species in Suriname - A Review of the Literature</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacological activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochemical composition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rationale</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suriname</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Traditional uses</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zingiberaceae</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">November 2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1511-1525</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Zingiberacea&lt;/em&gt; or ginger family is a family of flowering plants comprising roughly 1,600 species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes divided into about 50 genera. The &lt;em&gt;Zingiberaceae &lt;/em&gt;are distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Many members are economically important as spices, ornamentals, cosmetics, traditional medicines, and/or ingredients of religious rituals. One of the most prominent characteristics of this plant family is the presence of essential oils in particularly the rhizomes but in some cases also the leaves and other parts of the plant. The essential oils are in general made up of a variety of, among others, terpenoid and phenolic compounds with important biological activities. The Republic of Suriname (South America) is well-known for its ethnic and cultural diversity as well as its extensive ethnopharmacological knowledge and unique plant biodiversity. This paper first presents some general information on the &lt;em&gt;Zingiberacea &lt;/em&gt;family, subsequently provides some background about Suriname and the &lt;em&gt;Zingiberacea&lt;/em&gt; species in the country, then extensively addresses the traditional uses of one representative of the seven genera in the country and provides the phytochemical and pharmacological support for these uses, and concludes with a critical appraisal of the medicinal values of these plants.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6s</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1511</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dennis RA Mans*, Meryll Djotaroeno, Priscilla Friperson, Jennifer Pawirodihardjo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Paramaribo, SURINAME.&lt;/p&gt;
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