“…In addition, the participants refrained from Japanese pepper-, ginseng-, and gingercontaining foods for 3 days before the study until completion of the study. (Bautista et al, 2008) Ginger Shogaols, gingerols Antiemetic effect (Kawai et al, 1994) TRPV1 stimulation (Iwasaki et al, 2006) Prokinetic effect (Ghayur and Gilani, 2006) Inhibition of Ca 2ϩ channels (Ghayur et al, 2008) Relax muscle (Hashimoto et al, 2002) 5-HT3 receptor blocking (Abdel-Aziz et al, 2005) Increase intestinal blood flow (Murata et al, 2002) Anti-inflammatory effect (Pan et al, 2008) Ginseng Ginsenosides Alleviation of noxious pain (Kim et al, 2005) TRPV1 modulation (Jung et al, 2001) Anti-inflammatory effect Modulation of Ca 2ϩ channels (Rhim et al, 2002) Amelioration of accelerated intestinal transit (Hashimoto et al, 2003) Inhibition of various ion-gated channels (Nah et al, 2007) Blood samples (20 ml each) were collected from the medial cubital vein into evacuated tubes containing heparin just before and at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 8 h after administration and were immediately centrifuged (3000 rpm, 15 min). Urine samples (50 ml each) were collected the day before the administration and at 0 to 4 h and 4 to 8 h after administration.…”