Find in Library

<i>Zingiber officinale</i> Roscoe is an herbal plant native to Asia that can be found in all tropical countries. It is used in folk medicine, food, and cosmetics. A chemical characterization and some agronomic experiments have been carried out on <i>Z. officinale</i> essential oil, showing promising findings for the biological control of fungal pathogens belonging to the genus <i>Fusarium</i>. The aim of this review is to collect and update the literature covering its phytochemistry and biological activities as a <i>Fusarium</i> spp. plant-based biocide. The present research was conducted using the following bibliographic databases: Scifinder, Pubmed, and Science Direct. Thirteen papers were selected based on the adopted criteria. Data were independently extracted by the three authors of this work, and the final article selections were completed in a manner that avoided the duplication of data. The main chemical compounds were α-zingiberene, geranial, and aryl-curcumene, but a remarkable difference was found concerning the chemical compositions. <i>Z. officinale</i> essential oil was shown to possess promising biological functions against <i>Fusarium</i> spp. These findings offer new research approaches and potential applications as a biocontrol ingredient for <i>Z. officinale</i> essential oil.