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Brief Chemical Information:
Extract Name: Tribulus Terrestris Extract
Botanical Name: Tribulus Terestris
Main Specification: 30%~90% UV 40% Hplc
Appearance: Brown Powder
Plant Part Used: Fruit
Active Ingredient:saponins protodioscin
CAS No. : 79974-46-2
Molecular Formula: C 55 H 90 O 25
Specification:
Extract Ratio 4:1 to 200:1
Straight powder
1. Saponins 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 90% UV
2. Protodioscin 20% 40% HPLC
What is Tribulus Terrestris Extract
Tribulus terrestris, also known as puncture vine, is a herb that has been used in the traditional medicine of China
and India for centuries. In the mid-1990s, tribulus terrestris became known in North America after Eastern
European Olympic athletes said that taking tribulus helped their performance.
The active compounds in tribulus are called steroidal saponins. Two types, called furostanol glycosides and
spirostanol glycosides, appear to be involved with the effects of tribulus. These saponins are found primarily in
the leaf.
Preliminary animal studies found that tribulus heightened sexual behavior and increased intracavernous pressure. This was attributed to increases in testosterone. There haven't been any well-designed human studies to confirm these early findings.
Although tribulus has become popular as a sports performance aid, one small but well-designed study found it has no effect on body composition or exercise performance. Fifteen subjects were randomly assigned to tribulus (3.21 mg per kg body weight daily) or a placebo.
After eight weeks with resistance training, there were no changes in body weight, percentage fat, dietary intake, or mood in either group. What was surprising was that muscle endurance actually improved more in the placebo group. Muscle endurance (determined by the maximum number of repetitions at 100 to 200% of body weight) increased for the bench and leg presses in the placebo group. The tribulus group experienced an increase in leg press strength only.
1. Applied in health product field, it can be used as diretics, muscle enhaner and aphrodiiac agent.
2. Applied in pharmaceutical field, it can be used as the medicine of depressing presure, lowering blood fat, anti-cancer and so on.
Tribulus terrestris is often taken at a dose between 85 to 250 mg three times daily, with meals.
Pregnant or nursing women should not use tribulus.
An increase in breast size (called gynaecomastia) in a young male weight trainer was reported after he took a herbal tablet containing tribulus.
People with hormone-dependent conditions, such as breast or prostate cancer, should not use tribulus.
Tribulus terrestris has a toxic effect in sheep. It has been found to cause a chronic, progressive, irreversible disorder in the dopamine circuits of the nigrostriatal complex in the brain, resulting in impaired muscle function and weakness in the hindquarters, eventually leading to death.