Tribulus Terrestris Extract Medicine, food additive, dietary supplement

Latin Name: Tribulus terrester Linn.

Synonyms: bullhead,burra gokharu, caltrop, cat's head, devil's eyelashes, devil's thorn,devil's weed, goathead, puncturevine,tackweed

Part of Used: Fruit

Specifications: saponins 90%,Protodioscin 50%

Appearance: Light yellow-brown fine powder

Application: additive, dietary supplement

What is Tribulus terrestris extract?

Tribulus terrestris,according to wikipedia, is a herb that has been used in the traditional medicine of China and India for centuries. It is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World in southern Europe, southern Asia, throughout Africa, and Australia. It can thrive even in desert climates and poor soil. Tribulus terrestris has many other names, such as puncture vine, isIn the mid-1990s, tribulus terrestris became known in North America after Eastern European Olympic athletes said that taking tribulus helped their performance.

Chemical constituents of Tribulus terrestris extract

The truth is there are various active ingredients in Tribulus Terrestris called saponins. Saponins contain only a handful of active ingredients. Included inthese Saponins are protodioscin and protogracillin together with other key active ingredients, protodioscin being the main active ingredient.

Composition of tribulus terrestris

Tribulus terretris is composed of a large number of active elements including steroidal saponins,such as dioscin, diosgenin, and protodioscin. These elements are behind the plant’s well-known beneficial effects on the libido, on fitness and on the bodybuilding of muscle mass(natural anabolic). Tribulus also contains phytosterols:especially the beta-sitosterols that act on the different problems associated with the prostate,uirnary and cardiovascular systems.