Fingerroot Essential Oil (Boesenbergia rotunda)
Overview
Fingerroot may also be referred to as Boesenbergia Pandurata. It is typically processed using steam or hydro distillation as a method for extracting oil from the root.
Essential Facts
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Aroma Description:
Earthy
Fresh
Herbaceous
Slightly camphoraceous
Slightly sweet
Warm
- Common Name(s): Boesenbergia Pandurata
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Synonyms(s) for Boesenbergia rotunda: Boesenbergia cochinchinensis, Boesenbergia pandurata, Curcuma rotunda, Gastrochilus panduratus, Gastrochilus rotundus, Kaempferia cochinchinensis, Kaempferia ovata, Kaempferia pandurata
- Botanical Family: Zingiberaceae
- Botanical Genus: Boesenbergia
- Chemical Family: Ketones, Monoterpenes, Oxides
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Indigenous Country: Thailand
- Cultivation: Unsprayed
- Processing Methods: Steam or Hydro Distillation
- Part Typically Used: Root
- Shelf Life: 5 years
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Vegan
Essential Details
Benefits & Uses
Therapeutic Benefits of Fingerroot:
Analgesic
Anti-bacterial
Anti-emetic
Anti-fungal
Anti-inflammatory
Anti-septic
Anti-spasmodic
Carminative
Cooling
Digestive tonic
Expectorant
Energetic, Spiritual, and Emotional Qualities
Energetics and Chakras Qualites of Fingerroot:
1st Chakra - Survival and Support
2nd Chakra - Relationships
3rd Chakra - Personal Power
Creation Energy
Energizing
Expansive
Grounding
Protective
Purifying
Uplifting
Articles
Fingerroot Articles or Publications:
- PubMed: Anti-staphylococcal activity of C-methyl flavanones from propolis of Australian stingless bees (Tetragonula carbonaria) and fruit resins of Corymbia torelliana (Myrtaceae).
- PubMed: Pinostrobin and Cajanus lactone isolated from Cajanus cajan (L.) leaves inhibits TNF-α and IL-1β production: In vitro and in vivo experimentation.
- PubMed: Probing the interaction of a therapeutic flavonoid, pinostrobin with human serum albumin: multiple spectroscopic and molecular modeling investigations.
- PubMed: Flavonoids from the leaves of Carya cathayensis Sarg. inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor-induced angiogenesis.
- PubMed: Variation in contents of main active components and antioxidant activity in leaves of different pigeon pea cultivars during growth.
- PubMed: Quantification of three chiral flavonoids with reported bioactivity in selected licensed Canadian natural health products and US marketed dietary supplements.
- PubMed: The antiproliferative effect of pinostrobin on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC).
- PubMed: Evaluation of biological activities of Alpinia mutica Roxb. and its chemical constituents.
- PubMed: Rational discovery of dengue type 2 non-competitive inhibitors.
- PubMed: Stereospecific analytical method development and preliminary in vivo pharmacokinetic characterization of pinostrobin in the rat.
- PubMed: HPLC determination of the major active flavonoids and GC-MS analysis of volatile components of Dysphania graveolens (Amaranthaceae).
- PubMed: Protective effects of pinostrobin on β-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells.
- PubMed: Cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity of the methanol extract and compounds from Polygonum limbatum.
- PubMed: [Chemical constituents of Carya cathayensis and their antitumor bioactivity].
- PubMed: Antitumor constituents from the leaves of Carya cathayensis.
- PubMed: A new hydrochalcone from Miliusa sinensis.
- PubMed: ¹H-NMR simultaneous identification of health-relevant compounds in propolis extracts.
- PubMed: Determination of pinostrobin in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS: application to pharmacokinetics.
- PubMed: The methanolic extract of Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. and its major compound pinostrobin induces anti-ulcerogenic property in vivo: possible involvement of indirect antioxidant action.
- PubMed: Highly enantioselective and efficient synthesis of flavanones including pinostrobin through the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition.
- PubMed: [Determination of 5-hydroxy-7-methoxyflavan in Daemonorops draco by HPLC].
- PubMed: Phytochemical and cytotoxic investigations of Alpinia mutica rhizomes.
- PubMed: [Chemical constituents from seeds of Alpinia katsumadai, inhibition on NF-kappaB activation and anti-tumor effect].
- PubMed: Activity investigation of pinostrobin towards herpes simplex virus-1 as determined by atomic force microscopy.
- PubMed: Chemical composition of the SFE-CO extracts from Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth and their antimicrobial activity in vitro and in vivo.
- PubMed: Pinostrobin from Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. inhibits sodium channel-activated depolarization of mouse brain synaptoneurosomes.
- PubMed: Efficient microwave-assisted prenylation of pinostrobin and biological evaluation of its derivatives as antitumor agents.
- PubMed: Ethnobotanical survey and cytotoxicity testing of plants of South-western Nigeria used to treat cancer, with isolation of cytotoxic constituents from Cajanus cajan Millsp. leaves.
- PubMed: Bioactivity of flavonoids isolated from Lychnophora markgravii against Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes.
- PubMed: Pinostrobin from Boesenbergia pandurata is an inhibitor of Ca2+-signal-mediated cell-cycle regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
- PubMed: Antioxidant activities of extracts and main components of Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] leaves.
- PubMed: [Studies on chemical constituents and antibacterial activity from n-butanol extract of Sarcandra glabra].
- PubMed: Negative ion 'chip-based' nanospray tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of flavonoids in glandular trichomes of Lychnophora ericoides Mart. (Asteraceae).
- PubMed: Docking of noncompetitive inhibitors into dengue virus type 2 protease: understanding the interactions with allosteric binding sites.
- PubMed: Efficacy of extracting solvents to chemical components of kava (Piper methysticum) roots.
- PubMed: Induction of apoptosis by ginger in HEp-2 cell line is mediated by reactive oxygen species.
- PubMed: An unusual homoisoflavanone and a structurally-related dihydrochalcone from Polygonum ferrugineum (Polygonaceae).
- PubMed: Inhibitory activity of cyclohexenyl chalcone derivatives and flavonoids of fingerroot, Boesenbergia rotunda (L.), towards dengue-2 virus NS3 protease.
- PubMed: Pinostrobin--an anti-leukemic flavonoid from Polygonum lapathifolium L. ssp. nodosum (Pers.) Dans.
- PubMed: DPPH free radical scavenger components from the fruits of Alpinia rafflesiana Wall. ex. Bak. (Zingiberaceae).
- PubMed: Antiplasmodial constituents of Cajanus cajan.
- PubMed: Trypanocidal activity of Lychnophora staavioides Mart. (Vernonieae, Asteraceae).
- PubMed: Antiprotozoal activity of the constituents of Teloxys graveolens.
- PubMed: Separation of some chiral flavanones by micellar electrokinetic chromatography.
- PubMed: Pinostrobin from honey and Thai ginger (Boesenbergia pandurata): a potent flavonoid inducer of mammalian phase 2 chemoprotective and antioxidant enzymes.
- PubMed: [Flavonoids from Beijing propolis].
- PubMed: Novel compounds from Piper methysticum Forst (Kava Kava) roots and their effect on cyclooxygenase enzyme.
- PubMed: Anti-inflammatory cyclohexenyl chalcone derivatives in Boesenbergia pandurata.
- PubMed: Structural analysis of a novel antimutagenic compound, 4-Hydroxypanduratin A, and the antimutagenic activity of flavonoids in a Thai spice, fingerroot (Boesenbergia pandurata Schult.) against mutagenic heterocyclic amines.
- PubMed: Cytotoxic mechanism of flavonoid from Temu Kunci (Kaempferia pandurata) in cell culture of human mammary carcinoma.
- PubMed: Effects of pinostrobin on estrogen metabolism and estrogen receptor transactivation.
- PubMed: The effects of chrysin and pinostrobin, two flavonoids isolated from Teloxys graveolens leaves, on isolated guinea-pig ileum.
- PubMed: Methyl 4-hydroxy-3-(3'-methyl-2'-butenyl)benzoate, major insecticidal principle from Piper guanacastensis.
- PubMed: Smooth muscle relaxing flavonoids and terpenoids from Conyza filaginoides.
- PubMed: Redox intermediates of flavonoids and caffeic acid esters from propolis: an EPR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry study.
- PubMed: [Flavonoids of Artemisia campestris, ssp. glutinosa].
- PubMed: On the local anaesthetic action of propolis and some of its constituents.