Original Article

Gastroprotective Effect of Ginger Rhizome (Zingiber officinale) Extract: Role of Gallic Acid and Cinnamic Acid in H+, K+-ATPase/H. pylori Inhibition and Anti-Oxidative Mechanism

Table 6

Relative percentage contribution of individual phenolic acids towards anti-oxidant, anti-H. pylori and H+, K+-ATPase inhibition.

GRAEPhenolics (mg g−1)AOX (% contribution)PPI (% contribution)H pylori-inhibition (% contribution)

Gallic acid3.493966
Cinnamic acid3.818830
Other phenolics0.4634

Gallic acid significantly contributed to anti-oxidant activity than cinnamic acid where as cinnamic acid contributed to H+, K+-ATPase inhibition.