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Abstract Title:

The Gastro-protective Effect of Ginger (Roscoe) inPositive Functional Dyspepsia.

Abstract Source:

Adv Pharm Bull. 2019 Jun ;9(2):321-324. Epub 2019 Jun 1. PMID: 31380260

Abstract Author(s):

Vahideh Ebrahimzadeh Attari, Mohammad Hosein Somi, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Seyed-Yaghob Moaddab, Neda Lotfi

Article Affiliation:

Vahideh Ebrahimzadeh Attari

Abstract:

The present study aimed to assess the effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale) powder supplementation oneradication and improvement of dyspeptic symptoms in patients withpositive functional dyspepsia (FD).During this pilot study 15 patients withpositive FD received 3 g/d ginger powder as three 1-g tablets for 4-weeks. Dyspepsia symptoms were asked before and after the intervention using a questionnaire based on the Rome III criteria.eradication was also assessed by a non-invasive stool antigen (HpSAg) test.Ginger consumption accompanied by significanteradication rate of 53.3% (P = 0.019) and the odds ratio (95% CI) was 8 (1.07 to 357.14). Moreover, our results showed significant changes in most of the dyspepsia symptoms after ginger supplementation.According to our findings, Z. officinale can be considered as a useful complementary therapy for FD. However, due to the small number of clinical trials in this area, further welldesigned clinical trials are needed to explicitly talk about its effectiveness especially about the eradication of.

Study Type : Human Study

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