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Ginger Monographs in
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Ginger
Identification:
Turbidity with ammonium oxalate, blue color with vanillin and sulfuric acid,
HPTLC against [6]-gingerol and [6]-shogaol
Composition:
Content of Gingerols and Gingerdiones against capsaicin (NLT 0.8%)
Contaminants:
Elemental Impurities, Pesticides, Microbiology
Specific tests:
Macroscopy, Microscopy, Limit of Shogaols (NMT 0.18%), Alcohol-Soluble Extractives (NLT 4.5%), Starch (NLT
42%) Foreign Organic Matter (NMT 1 0%) Total Ash (NMT 8 0%) Acid Insoluble Ash (NMT 2 0%) Water Soluble
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Ash (NLT 1.9%), Volatile Oil (NLT 1.8 mL/100g), Water-Soluble Extractives (NLT 10.0%), Water (NMT 10%)
Powdered Ginger
Identification:
Turbidity with ammonium oxalate, blue with vanillin and sulfuric acid, HPTLC against [6]-gingerol and [6]-shogaol
Composition:
Content of Gingerols and Gingerdiones against capsaicin (NLT 0.8%)
Contaminants:
Elemental Impurities, Pesticides, Microbiology
Specific tests:
Microscopy, Limit of Shogaols (NMT 0.18%), Alcohol-Soluble Extractives (NLT 4.5%), Starch content (NLT 42%),
Total Ash (NMT 8.0%), Acid-Insoluble Ash (NMT 2.0%), Water-Soluble Ash (NLT 1.9%), Volatile Oil (NLT 1.8
mL/100g), Water-Soluble Extractives (NLT 10.0%), Water (NMT 10%)
Ginger Capsules
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Strength:
Content of Gingerols, Gingerdiones and Shogaols against capsaicin (90.0–110.0%), Volatile Oil (NLT 1.4 mL/100g)
Performance:
Dissolution (NLT 60% of [6]-gingerol), Weight Variation
Ginger Tincture
Identification:
HPTLC against [6]-gingerol and [6]-shogaol
Composition:
Content of Gingerols against capsaicin (NLT 0.10%)
Contaminants:
Elemental Impurities, Pesticides, Microbiology
Specific tests:
Limit of Shogaols (NMT 0.034%), Limit of Nonvolatile Residue (NMT 0.5%), Specific Gravity (0.90 – 0.95)
Ginger Monographs
in
USP39-NF34, 2016