Zingiber aromaticum is found widespread from India to Southeast Asia, grows to around 1.5m tall, and is called ‘Imoniga ginger’ in Japan or ‘puynag’ and ‘lempuyang’ in
Indonesia. The rhizome part of this plant has been used as a vital ingredient in folk medicines. Imoniga ginger extract was added to the B16 melanoma cell, which was cultured for 3 days and then evaluated for melanin content