Ginger compound has potential to treat inflammatory bowel disease

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Ginger compound has potential to treat inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers have found a compound in ginger, called furanodienone (FDN), that selectively binds to and regulates a nuclear receptor involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). While researchers have been aware of FDN for decades, they had not determined its functions or targets in the body until now.

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In Europe alone, two million people are currently living with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The frequency of these diseases has been increasing steadily over the past decades. At the same time, a small proportion of the European population has protection against IBD in the form of...