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Zingiber officinale Roscoe, Zingerberis rhizoma, ingwerwurzelstok (Blumenthal, 1998), Jamaican ginger, African ginger, cochin ginger (Tyler, 1994), Zingiber capitatum, Zingiber zerumbet Smith (Anonymous, 1991), calicut, gengibre, gingembre, jenjibre, zenzero (USP, 1998a)
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Metz, C., Cupp, M.J. (2000). Ginger. In: Cupp, M.J. (eds) Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology of Herbal Products. Forensic Science and Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-020-9_11
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