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Ginger

  • Dietary supplement
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Ginger does in the body

SEFUDUN 7-Day Nail Fungus Treatment is designed to repair and strengthen nails and cuticles, promoting healthier and stronger nails for both handsand feet.

Why people take it. SEFUDUN 7-Day Nail Fungus Treatment is designed to repair and strengthen nails and cuticles, promoting healthier and stronger nails for both handsand feet.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as structurallydiverse.

    FDA substance registry · C5529G5JPQ · read 2026-08-29

  • It is recorded as coming from ZINGIBER OFFICINALE WHOLE. The part recorded is rhizome.

    FDA substance registry · C5529G5JPQ · read 2026-08-29

  • The organism is Zingiber officinale, a species. It is also called ginger.

    NCBI Taxonomy · 94328 · read 2026-08-29

  • The supplement label database classes it as botanical, under the name Ginger.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 70 · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

The use the label states, quoted from it. No plain-language version of this sentence has been written.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 59 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

Enzyme

An enzyme is a protein that speeds up one chemical change.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

An enzyme is like a machine on a production line doing one cut.

Where that stops being true. A machine is switched on and off by a person. Enzymes are controlled by the cell.

What people get wrong. Enzymes are thought to be used up. They are not; they work again and again.

A catalytic protein that lowers the activation energy of a specific reaction.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 14 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
Blood sugarNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved3 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
PainNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer2 registered symptom measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
EnergyNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
EnduranceNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer1 registered performance measure of this kind.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Blood sugar
fasting blood glucose at 12 weeks; hba1c at 12 weeks; insulin resistance at 3 months
Pain
postoperative pain severity; brief pain inventory
Energy
energy expenditure
Endurance
time to exhaustion

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.
Only a number moved
3 registered test measure.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.
Waiting for a reviewer
Who was studied is listed further down the page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Number of participants with Adverse events

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07517263
How many people
5700
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

The difference in the change in the average amount of red meat served in treatment vs. control dining halls from the pre-intervention to intervention period based on service data from dining hall operations staff

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05131529
How many people
3003
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Number of participants with treatment-TOMEKA® usage

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04537585
How many people
2000
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Quality of Bowel Preparation

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02621658
How many people
1000
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Change from baseline in the last 6-hr mean DBP & SBP as measured by ABPM at the end of and 8-wk treatment period (T80 vs R5 mg) and 14-wk treatment period (T80 vs R10 mg)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00274599
How many people
812
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Change from baseline in the last 6-hour mean (relative to dose time) diastolic blood pressure (DBP) as measured by ABPM (Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00274638
How many people
805
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event No evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.No registered study measures this.
  2. What a body can do day to day Evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.1 registered measure of this kind.
  3. Measured performance Evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.1 registered measure of this kind.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life Evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.3 registered measures of this kind.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.3 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in C. elegans (roundworm), Drosophila (fruit fly), Mouse, Rat. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

  • sf 36 questionnaire
  • postoperative pain severity
  • brief pain inventory

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • fasting blood glucose at 12 weeks
  • hba1c at 12 weeks
  • insulin resistance at 3 months
  • time to exhaustion

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (7)
  • energy expenditure
  • oxygenation
  • endothelial function measured by endopat system
  • alt level
  • nausea
  • viability count measurement
  • fractional exhaled nitric oxide

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • SEFUDUN 7-Day Nail Fungus Treatment is designed to repair and strengthen nails and cuticles, promoting healthier and stronger nails for both handsand feet.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as spray, patch, liquid, pellet, given by the oral, topical, sublingual route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Reports sent to a regulator

  • These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction.
  • Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing.
  • The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete.
  • News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report.
  • A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Ginger appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 184 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (10)
  • macular degeneration — 45 reaction mentions
  • pain — 22 reaction mentions
  • constipation — 17 reaction mentions
  • malaise — 15 reaction mentions
  • pyrexia — 15 reaction mentions
  • chronic sinusitis — 14 reaction mentions
  • dyspepsia — 14 reaction mentions
  • infusion related reaction — 14 reaction mentions
  • nausea — 14 reaction mentions
  • procedural pain — 14 reaction mentions
  • open-targets-adr · recorded 2026-06-24 · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 110 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 10 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 83027-0052 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as capsule, granule, liquid, patch, pellet and pill, taken intradermal, nasal, oral and percutaneous.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 83027-0052 · read 2026-08-29

  • The regulator's established pharmacologic class for it is allergens [cs], cell-mediated immunity [pe] and dietary proteins [cs].

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 83027-0052 · read 2026-08-29

  • 101 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 2 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · 377f4a5b-bcbb-47b7-b4f4-d198b98c8427 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug and human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · 377f4a5b-bcbb-47b7-b4f4-d198b98c8427 · read 2026-08-29

  • 3655 marketed supplement labels list this ingredient, classed as botanical, botanical with nutrients and other combinations.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 207624 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other and structure/function claims. A claim of that kind is written by the manufacturer and is not assessed by any regulator, so its presence says nothing about whether it is true.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 207624 · read 2026-08-29

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

A single-person plan is offered only as a structure for observing yourself. It never calculates an amount to take, and it cannot prove cause.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Ginger studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How much did people take in the studies?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. A result belongs to an amount. Without the amount the result floats free.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

How fast does the body clear it?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. Without this, nothing on this page can say how long anything lasts.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Ginger are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
C5529G5JPQ
CAS registry number
84696-15-1
ChEMBL
CHEMBL2109195
RxNorm concept
125921
European Chemicals Agency number
283-634-2
DrugBank
DB10344

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What did Ginger's largest trial (745 people) and its longest (8.8 years) measure?


745 people in Ginger's largest registered study, 8.8 years in its longest registered window, measuring Change From Baseline of Peak Acute Nausea. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

14 na, 11 phase2, 5 early phase1, 4 phase4, 3 phase3, 1 phase1; NCT00040742; 2011-12; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2025, NCT07150533.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Ginger was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • na
    14
  • phase2
    11
  • early phase1
    5
  • phase4
    4
  • phase3
    3
  • phase1
    1
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  • Last recorded human test NCT07150533
    2025-07-30

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

From C. elegans to human: where has Ginger shown lifespan?


C. elegans: lifespan, Drosophila: healthspan, mouse: lifespan, rat: mechanism-only and human: mechanism-only (35): the rungs where Ginger has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Change From Baseline of Peak Acute Nausea — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans lifespanDrosophila healthspanMouse lifespanRat mechanism-onlyDog Non-human primate Human mechanism-only
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  • C. elegans
    lifespan
  • Drosophila
    healthspan
  • mouse
    lifespan
  • rat
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT00040742
    mechanism-only; Change From Baseline of Peak Acute Nausea; 35

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

2 of Ginger's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, other?


accrual/recruitment (1) and other (1): Ginger's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Slow accrual; Received grant funding for a similar but different study."; 2 of 35 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT02670941
    terminated; "Slow accrual; Received grant funding for a similar but different study."
  • NCT03125551
    withdrawn; "Study requires Medicines Control council approval"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Ginger's effect on energy expenditure?


Energy expenditure: measured in Ginger's trials.

Interpretation energy expenditure is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • energy expenditure; 2026-09-01
  • oxygenation; 2026-09-01
  • endothelial function measured by endopat system; 2026-09-01
  • alt level; 2026-09-01
  • nausea; 2026-09-01
  • viability count measurement; 2026-09-01
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  • biomarkers
    sf 36 questionnaire; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    fractional exhaled nitric oxide; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    postoperative pain severity; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    fasting blood glucose at 12 weeks; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    hba1c at 12 weeks; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    insulin resistance at 3 months; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    brief pain inventory; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    time to exhaustion; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    6
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    0; NCT03125551; NA; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; WITHDRAWN

Which of alt level, brief pain inventory and endothelial function measured by endopat system did Ginger's trials measure?


alt level, brief pain inventory and endothelial function measured by endopat system lead 14 outcome terms across Ginger's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

alt level, nausea, viability count measurement, sf 36 questionnaire, fractional exhaled nitric oxide and postoperative pain severity follow.

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  • energy expenditure
    1
  • oxygenation
    1
  • endothelial function measured by endopat system
    1
  • alt level
    1
  • nausea
    1
  • viability count measurement
    1
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  • sf 36 questionnaire
    1
  • fractional exhaled nitric oxide
    1
  • postoperative pain severity
    1
  • fasting blood glucose at 12 weeks
    1
  • hba1c at 12 weeks
    1
  • insulin resistance at 3 months
    1
  • brief pain inventory
    1
  • time to exhaustion
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Ginger's 7 ongoing trials reports first?


7 registered trials of Ginger are open; earliest completion 2025-06. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Change from baseline in Insulin Resistance (IR) at 3 months; Reduction in Nausea and Vomiting based on Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis Score; latest 2029-07-31

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Trial

  • NCT06769035
    "Effect of a Food Supplement with Natural Extracts of Cocoa, Amaranth Seed and Ginger in Overweight or Obese Patients"; n 40; "Change from baseline in Insulin Resistance (IR) at 3 months"; 2025-06
  • NCT06772974
    "Tablet Ginger Versus Tablet Doxylamine Succinate in Control of Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy"; n 66; "Reduction in Nausea and Vomiting based on Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis Score"; 2025-07-15
  • NCT06817018
    "Ginger Root Extract for Sciatic Pain Individuals"; n 80; "plasma lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP)"; 2028-02-28
  • NCT07190495
    "Ginger to Prevent Nausea and Vomiting After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy"; n 102; "Incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) within 2 hours post-surgery"; 2026-12
  • NCT07595640
    "Effect of Ginger on Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Women With Coagulation Disorders"; n 74; "Parametric or non-parametric tests"; 2029-07-31
  • NCT07596979
    "Ginger in the Modulation of Inflammatory Cytokines and Oxidative Stress in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease"; n 50; "Change of inflammatory status in the participants"; 2028-12
  • 1 further recorded trial NCT07792395
    "Ginger's Therapeutic Potential in Asthma"; n 32; "PD20 dose of methacholine"; 2029-03

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which running trial of Ginger could settle insulin sensitivity?


NCT06769035 measures Change from baseline in Insulin Resistance (IR) at 3 months, reading out 2025-06.

1 open trial; n 40; "Effect of a Food Supplement with Natural Extracts of Cocoa, Amaranth Seed and Ginger in Overweight or Obese Patients"

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  • Trial NCT06769035
    "Effect of a Food Supplement with Natural Extracts of Cocoa, Amaranth Seed and Ginger in Overweight or Obese Patients"; n 40; "Change from baseline in Insulin Resistance (IR) at 3 months"; 2025-06

Which 20 trials of Ginger posted no result?


Posted no result
20 of 20 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00065221, NCT00317655, NCT00611156, NCT00958685, NCT00537875 and NCT01085019, and 14 more
Completion dates
oldest 2007-01; newest 2023-08-08
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Trial

  • NCT00065221
    2007-01
  • NCT00317655
    2007-04
  • NCT00611156
    2007-06
  • NCT00958685
    2009-01
  • NCT00537875
    2009-09
  • NCT01085019
    2011-12
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT02666807
    2015-11
  • NCT02390648
    2016-02
  • NCT02701491
    2016-09
  • NCT06423248
    2016-11-13
  • NCT03519698
    2017-06-22
  • NCT02809027
    2017-06-30
  • NCT03219463
    2018-06-01
  • NCT03626441
    2018-06-14
  • NCT05682911
    2018-06-30
  • NCT03617900
    2019-05-25
  • NCT02289235
    2020-02-01
  • NCT05499793
    2022-06-01
  • NCT05221892
    2023-03-31
  • NCT06200415
    2023-08-08

At the median, Ginger's trials enrolled 54 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
54
Largest enrolment
745
Registered trials counted
35

What do 184 spontaneous reports say about Ginger — and not say?


These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Ginger appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 184 reaction mentions were counted: macular degeneration 45; pain 22; constipation 17; malaise 15. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL2108465 · 2026-06-24

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  • macular degeneration
    45
  • pain
    22
  • constipation
    17
  • malaise
    15
  • pyrexia
    15
  • chronic sinusitis
    14
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  • dyspepsia
    14
  • infusion related reaction
    14
  • nausea
    14
  • procedural pain
    14

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

Was Ginger studied with fasting and exercise?


fasting and exercise are named in Ginger's label sentences: "The mean of FBS (P = 0.04), fasting insulin (P = 0.01), and HOMA index (P = 0.05) was reduced significantly in the ginger group six weeks after intervention in comparison to the placebo group." openfda-label+europepmc · 2026-07-29

2 recorded statements; fasting, exercise

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  • fasting
    The mean of FBS (P = 0.04), fasting insulin (P = 0.01), and HOMA index (P = 0.05) was reduced significantly in the ginger group six weeks after intervention in comparison to the placebo group.
  • exercise
    Ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and countermovement jump (CMJ) variables were evaluated before and after exercise. <b>Results:</b> Ginger supplementation significantly improved AMRAP performance compared with placebo (241.6 ± 18.2 vs. 225.9 ± 17.5 repetitions; F<sub>1,29</sub> = 5.95, <i>p</i> = 0.021, ηp<sup>2</sup> = 0.17).

recorded 2026-07-29 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Ginger and AMPK?


"In terms of cellular hallmarks of aging, rosemary plus ginger feeding leads to AMPK activation and improved markers of autophagy and proteostasis in aged flies." — where Ginger and AMPK appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2025-11-19

AMPK, autophagy, mTOR, sirtuin; PMID 40072366, 41296467, 38331338, 40577283

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  • AMPK PMID 40072366
    "In terms of cellular hallmarks of aging, rosemary plus ginger feeding leads to AMPK activation and improved markers of autophagy and proteostasis in aged flies."
  • autophagy PMID 40072366
    "In terms of cellular hallmarks of aging, rosemary plus ginger feeding leads to AMPK activation and improved markers of autophagy and proteostasis in aged flies."
  • AMPK PMID 41296467
    "Zingerone, a primary bioactive compound in ginger, demonstrates protective effects in vascular calcification, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and asthma via AMPK activation."
  • mTOR PMID 38331338
    "We also provide evidence that the ginger-derived compounds attenuate DC functionality via inhibiting the nuclear factor-κB (NF-kB), mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK), and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling cascades."
  • AMPK PMID 40577283
    "This study evaluates the effects of a ginger phenol mixture on mitochondrial density and function, AMPK activation, lipid droplet content, and lipolysis markers in adipocytes differentiated in vitro."
  • mTOR PMID 40397499
    "6-Shogaol (6-S), a pungent constituent of ginger, has been demonstrated to inhibit metastasis in renal cancer cells, human endometrial carcinoma, and lung and breast cancers by downregulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR and Ras/Raf/MAPK pathways."
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  • sirtuin PMID 31200315
    "Additionally, stimulation of the browning program by ginger may be partly regulated by the sirtuin-1 (SIRT1)/AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) pathway."
  • mTOR PMID 34882874
    "It was shown that ginger is a potent inhibitor of the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), signal transducer of activators of transcription (STATs), Nod-like receptor family proteins (NLRPs), toll-like receptors (TLRs), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPKs), and mTOR (mTOR) pathways, as well as inhibiting various pro-inflammatory cytokines."

recorded 2025-11-19 · last checked 2026-09-04

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ChEMBL id
CHEMBL2108465
CAS number
84696-15-1
RxCUI
125921
Also called
Amomum angustifolium whole, Amomum zinziba whole, Ardraka whole, Curcuma longifolia whole, Gan jiang whole, Garden ginger whole, Ginger whole, Jiang pi whole, Jiang whole, Pao jiang whole, Sheng jiang whole, Shunthi whole
Development code
B1265, FEMA NO. 2520, FEMA NO. 2521, B1265 [LANGUAL]
Trade name
Phillips, Travelcaps, Travel sickness, Sefudun Nail Fungus Treatment, Zingiber Officinale / Sefudun Nail Fungus Treatment
Salt form
ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (GINGER) ROOT EXTRACT
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