Effects of ginger on gastroduodenal motility.
The effect of a ginger rhizome extract (2 x 100 mg) was studied on fasting and postprandial gastroduodenal motility with stationary manometry in 12 healthy volunteers. The results showed that: the interdigestive antral motility was significantly increased by ginger during phase III of the migrating motor complex; the volunteers also had a significantly increased motor response to a test meal in the corpus; a trend to an increased motor response during ginger treatment was seen in all other regions of interest. Oral ginger improves gastroduodenal motility in the fasting state and after a standard test meal.
Micklefield
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Department of Internal Medicine, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Klinikum, Wuppertal, Germany.
Redeker
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Meister
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Jung
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Greving
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May
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D000328:Adult; D002214:Capsules; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D019862:Zingiberales / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D002214:Capsules; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts