Around 80% of human population in the world relies on herbal or phytomedicines for their primary health care needs. The treatment of many diseases and disorders with phytomedicines is considered and observed as very safe with no or minimal side effects. Many medicinal plants and their preparations are practised at home as remedies for treating and preventing various diseases and disorders. For example, medicinal plants and their crude parts such as tulsi, neem, turmeric and ginger are used to cure or treat several common ailments, out of which Curcuma zedoaria Rosc commonly known as white turmeric is one of the important crude drugs belonging to Zingiberaceae family and genus Curcuma. Traditionally, it has been reported to possess many biological activities been used for many therapeutic actions due to the presence of wide range of phytoconstituents in it. The main objectives of the present work are to carry out extensive review on its chemical, pharmacological and biological activities of plant. In the present review article, extensive data on its chemical, pharmacological and biological activities have been collected from various online sources including indexing sites such as Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed and Research Gate and presented. Various articles published in indexed journals and other databases have been collected and reviewed systematically. The present review investigation is very much helpful for researchers and readers to collectively have valuable information on chemistry, pharmacology and biological effects of Curcuma zedoaria Rosc. The present investigation concludes that the white turmeric is found to possess complex range of phytoconstituents such as curcumin, ethyl p-methoxycinnamate, β-turmerone, β-eudesmol, zingiberene, dihydrocurcumin, furanodiene, α-phellandrene, 1–8 cineole, β-elemense and germacrone. Due to the presence of wide range of phytoconstituents, plants have been reported for its diverse biological activities.

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Curcuma zedoaria Rosc（姜科）：化学、药理和生物活性综述

世界上大约 80% 的人口依赖草药或植物药来满足他们的初级保健需求。使用植物药物治疗许多疾病和紊乱被认为和观察到非常安全，没有副作用或副作用很小。许多药用植物及其制剂在家中被用作治疗和预防各种疾病和紊乱的药物。例如，药用植物及其粗制部分如楝树、印楝、姜黄、生姜等用于治疗多种常见疾病，其中俗称白姜黄的姜黄是姜科重要的生药之一。和姜黄属。传统上，据报道，由于其中含有广泛的植物成分，它具有许多生物活性，可用于许多治疗作用。目前工作的主要目标是对其植物的化学、药理和生物活性进行广泛的审查。在本综述文章中，已从各种在线来源收集了有关其化学、药理和生物活性的大量数据，包括索引站点，例如 Web of Science、Scopus、PubMed 和 Research Gate，并进行了介绍。系统收集和审查了在索引期刊和其他数据库中发表的各种文章。本综述调查非常有助于研究人员和读者共同掌握有关化学的宝贵信息，Curcuma zedoaria Rosc 的药理和生物学作用。本研究的结论是，发现白姜黄具有复杂的植物成分范围，如姜黄素、对甲氧基肉桂酸乙酯、β-姜黄酮、β-丁香酚、姜烯、二氢姜黄素、呋喃二烯、α-水芹烯、1-8 桉叶油素、β-元素和germacrone。由于存在广泛的植物成分，已报道植物具有多种生物活性。