Anticancer Properties of Zingiber officinale ? Ginger: A Review

Carcinogenesis and transformation of a normal cell to tumor is caused by many environmental, lifestyle and biological factors. Cancer incidence and death cases also increased gradually. Developing new, early detection methods, risk assessment, creating awareness on healthy food habits, preventive measures may help in prevention of many diseases including cancer. Providing effective anticancer drugs to treat cancer is one of the major requirements in cancer therapy. Many plants and their products have active anticancer agents. Ginger is considered as an important spice with many clinical potential activities. Ginger and its compounds display anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimetastatic and anticancer agent. The anticancer activity of ginger components is reviewed in this article due to its versatile therapeutic nature.