Thai ginseng (Kaempferia parviflora) and endurance
What 2 graded rows on thai ginseng (kaempferia parviflora) agree on for endurance, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
Consensus finder Rows from the Thai ginseng (Kaempferia parviflora) page, reviewed Oct 21, 2026 How it decides
What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Thai ginseng (Kaempferia parviflora) page, with its PubMed record.
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Thai ginseng (Kaempferia parviflora) and endurance
2 rows · 95 peopleSplit. 1 row found an improvement and 1 found no difference.
- DGrade D× 2
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 2
- People
- 95
Where they differ
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade D, is a randomized trial of 60 people (2023) and found an improvement.
Only the row that found an improvement names women and athletes or trained people in its population.
The row that found an improvement is newer (2023) than the row that found no difference (2010).
The rows
1 improved · 1 no difference- DGrade DCardiorespiratory fitness in untrained adults · Improved
RCT · n 60 · 2023 · Healthy, non-athlete men and women aged 19–60 (Thailand)
90 or 180 mg/day · 12 weeks
VO2 max (Harvard step test), timed shuttle run and 5-minute distance run improved, and oxidative-stress markers and lactate fell, versus placebo.
Row on the Thai ginseng (Kaempferia parviflora) page · PubMed 37761119 (opens PubMed)
- DGrade DRepeated sprint power and time to exhaustion after a single dose · No difference
Crossover RCT · n 35 · 2010 · College men (two studies of 19 and 16)
Single dose (amount not stated in the abstract) · Single dose, 90 minutes before exercise
No differences in Wingate power, fatigue, lactate, time to exhaustion, perceived exertion or heart rate versus placebo.
Row on the Thai ginseng (Kaempferia parviflora) page · PubMed 20845210 (opens PubMed)