Standardized ethanol extract, essential oil and zerumbone of Zingiber zerumbet rhizome suppress phagocytic activity of human neutrophils.
Nabilah Mohammad Yaqoob AkhtarIbrahim JantanLaiba ArshadMd Areeful HaquePublished in: BMC complementary and alternative medicine (2019)
The strong inhibition on the phagocytosis of neutrophils by Z. zerumbet extract and its essential oil might be due the presence of its chemical components particularly zerumbone which was capable of impeding phagocytosis at different stages.