What is Kaempferia Parviflora?

Kaempferia parviflora, also known as black ginger originates from Thailand and has been used in traditional Asian medicine for its resistance to fatigue, longevity, and antioxidant properties . It is found in tropical areas such a Malaysia, Sumatra and Thailand.

The main 2 constituents within black ginger are: 5,7-dimethoxyflavone and 5,7,4′-trimethoxyflavone which aerobic capacity and cardiovascular fitness.

What is the difference to normal ginger?

From a visual stand point black ginger is darker in colour to normal ginger. From the outside they look the same but inside black ginger is a dark purple, almost black colour.

While regular ginger possesses many incredible benefits, black ginger contains more antioxidants and a great number of bioactive compounds.

Studies on black ginger

[1]https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/18/3411

[2]https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19390211.2020.1852356

[3]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415259/

[4]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4538785/

[5]https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jnsv/61/1/61_79/_article/-char/ja/

[6]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3661118/#:~:text=Given%20its%20huge%20capacity%20for,type%202%20diabetes%20and%20other

[7]https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11418-015-0948-y

[8]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874106005149

[9]https://qurays.kz/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Enhancement-of-physical-fitness-by-black-ginger-extract.pdf