Cerdá, BegoñaMarhuenda, JavierArcusa, RaúlVillaño Valencia, DéboraBallester, PurificaciónZafrilla, Pilar2023-09-082023-09-082022Cerdá, B., Marhuenda, J., Arcusa, R., Villaño, D., Ballester, P., Zafrilla, P. (2022) Ginger in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. En Shiomi, N., Savitskaya A. (Eds.), Current topics in functional foods (pp. 1-18). IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98161.978-1-80355-792-210.5772/intechopen.98161https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/46251Ginger, Zingiber officinale, is a member of the Zingiberaceae family, used in traditional medicine for treatment of a variety of conditions. Many pharmacological activities have been reported for this plant (anti-inflammatory, anti-tumorigenic, anti-apoptotic, anti-hyperglycemic, cancer-chemopreventive, and anti-lipidemic). Cardiovascular disease, which includes coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, peripheral arterial disease, and stroke, is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In recent years, several studies have described that ginger can control or improve some cardiovascular risk factors such as cholesterol levels, hypertension, or atherosclerosis. The aim of the present review is to summarize the effects of ginger bioactive compounds on cardiovascular diseases.application/pdfeng© 2022 The Author(s). This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Cardiovascular diseaseGingerHypertensionObesityGingerolShogaolCapítulo de libro / Liburuen kapitulua2023-09-08Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess