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Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract

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SYNONYMS

● EXTRACT OF GINGER ROOT
● EXTRACT OF ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROOT
● GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROSC.)
● GINGER EXTRACT
● GINGER EXTRACT (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROSC.)
● GINGER OLEORESIN (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROSC.)
● GINGER ROOT EXTRACT
● GINGER, EXT.
● ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (GINGER) ROOT EXTRACT
● ZINGIBER OFFICINALE EXTRACT
● ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROOT EXTRACT

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Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation


Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract is an extract of the roots of the ginger, Zingiberofficinale.

Common concerns

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  • LOW
    Cancer
  • LOW
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • LOW
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • LOW
    Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

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Allergies/immunotoxicity

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Limited evidence of skin toxicity or allergiesOpen scientific literature

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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CONCERN REFERENCE
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in foodFDA Everything Added to Food

Data gaps

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CONCERN REFERENCE
949 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemicalNLM PubMed
  • Open scientific/peer reviewed literature
  • FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). 2008. EAFUS [Everything Added to Food]: A Food Additive Database. FDA Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
  • NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

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