{"title":"Biological mechanisms, pharmacological and pathological activities, and quality optimization of gingerols and shogaols","authors":"Xicen Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.jff.2025.106773","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ginger is well known. Gingerols and shogaols are one of the most popular and valuable active components in ginger. The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and other bioactive mechanisms have recently been widely studied and demonstrated. Although numerous articles have reviewed biological mechanisms of gingerols and shogaols respectively, there is a lack of perspective to integrate and contrast the biological activity mechanisms of gingerols and shogaols. Thus, starting from the perspective of signaling pathways and related metabolites, this paper systematically summarized the different bioactive mechanisms, pharmacological and pathological significance of gingerols and shogaols. Based on these findings, the quality optimization strategy was suggested, significance include the following two aspects. To provide a theoretical basis and direction for the further study of biological mechanisms and clinical research. To provide a reference for people and patients to reasonably use the ginger as well as realizing the maximization of the efficacy of the ginger.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":360,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Functional Foods","volume":"127 ","pages":"Article 106773"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Functional Foods","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646462500115X","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Ginger is well known. Gingerols and shogaols are one of the most popular and valuable active components in ginger. The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and other bioactive mechanisms have recently been widely studied and demonstrated. Although numerous articles have reviewed biological mechanisms of gingerols and shogaols respectively, there is a lack of perspective to integrate and contrast the biological activity mechanisms of gingerols and shogaols. Thus, starting from the perspective of signaling pathways and related metabolites, this paper systematically summarized the different bioactive mechanisms, pharmacological and pathological significance of gingerols and shogaols. Based on these findings, the quality optimization strategy was suggested, significance include the following two aspects. To provide a theoretical basis and direction for the further study of biological mechanisms and clinical research. To provide a reference for people and patients to reasonably use the ginger as well as realizing the maximization of the efficacy of the ginger.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Functional Foods continues with the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. We give authors the possibility to publish their top-quality papers in a well-established leading journal in the food and nutrition fields. The Journal will keep its rigorous criteria to screen high impact research addressing relevant scientific topics and performed by sound methodologies.
The Journal of Functional Foods aims to bring together the results of fundamental and applied research into healthy foods and biologically active food ingredients.
The Journal is centered in the specific area at the boundaries among food technology, nutrition and health welcoming papers having a good interdisciplinary approach. The Journal will cover the fields of plant bioactives; dietary fibre, probiotics; functional lipids; bioactive peptides; vitamins, minerals and botanicals and other dietary supplements. Nutritional and technological aspects related to the development of functional foods and beverages are of core interest to the journal. Experimental works dealing with food digestion, bioavailability of food bioactives and on the mechanisms by which foods and their components are able to modulate physiological parameters connected with disease prevention are of particular interest as well as those dealing with personalized nutrition and nutritional needs in pathological subjects.