Antigiardial activity of zingiber officinale in combination with honey in vivo

Abstract EN

Giardia lamblia is a parasite that causes giardiasis in humans and other mammals.

The common treatment includes different classes of drugs, which were described to produce unpleasant side effects.

Zingiber officinale (Ginger) is a plant that is frequently used in the popular medicine to treat gastrointestinal symptoms.

So, we examined the effects of watery extracts against G.

lamblia on the basis of killed trophozoite number, The antigiardial activity of Zingiber officinale were demonstrated using experimental infections of Giardia lamblia in balb / c mice.

the extract of Zingiber officinale was more active specially when mixed with honey, so the percentage of dead trophozoite reach to 97.7 %.

This study recommend to utilization of the mixture of ginger with honey as antigiardial drugs.