Diosgenin
Diosgenin is a plant steroid found in certain medicinal herbs, such as wild yam and fenugreek. It’s a plant steroid that bears some resemblance to human sex steroids, and can serve as a precursor for their synthesis, but the necessary conversion steps take place only in the laboratory – not the human body. Although diosgenin has potential medical uses (such as reducing serum cholesterol), it does not have any known...
Dioscorea villosa
See Wild Yam.
Wild Yam
Botanical name: Dioscorea villosa. Wild yam has been included in both bodybuilding and women’s supplements for the same reason: its diosgenin content. Diosgenin is used in the manufacture of synthetic human sex steroids, and Dioscorea is a particularly rich source of it. The necessary steps to convert diosgenin, however, occur only in the laboratory—not in the body. Diosgenin has no known hormonal activity in-vivo. Wild yam...
Opuntia ficus-indica
Also known as “prickly pear”. A domesticated cactus used for food as well as medicinal purposes. Opuntia is traditionally used as a hangover cure, and has antioxidant, hepatoprotective and gastroprotective effects. Opuntia pads (nopales) contain fiber/mucilages that improve glycemic control and blood lipids. “In-house” studies by Bio Serae, manufacturers of a commercial extract, Neopuntia, indicate it may be...
Dicaffeine Malate
A delivery form of caffeine used in a number of fat loss supplements. Dicaffeine malate is alleged to be easier on the stomach than caffeine, as well as more effective – due to the role that malate plays in energy production (it’s a Citric Acid Cycle intermediate). There is no proof of either claim,...
Lycopene
A carotenoid found in tomato products, as well as other fruits (pink grapefruit and watermelon) with antioxidant activity. Unlike certain other carotenoids, such as beta-carotene, lycopene has no pro-vitamin A activity. Epidemiological studies have linked consumption of lycopene-containing foods to a reduced risk of prostate and other cancers, although it’s difficult to say whether the benefits are solely due to lycopene, or a...
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