Definition: "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance "
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Blepharis edulis: an unlikely testosterone booster
Extracts of the Indian plant Blepharis edulis have started to pop up in Western webstores. The sports supplement Anabolic Elite, manufactured by BPI, contains them, but we're afraid that their added value is about zero.
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Blepharis edulis
In fact, Ayurvedic practitioners use Blepharis edulis as a medicine for asthma and for respiratory problems in people with colds. But the primary use of extracts from the leaves and seeds of the plant is as a libido enhancer – and it is that aspect that was investigated in an animal study that researchers at the NRI Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in India published in 2009, also in an unknown scientific journal. [International Journal of ChemTech Research Vol.1, No.3, pp 769-776, July-Sept 2009.]
An important active ingredient in the extracts was probably blepharin [structural formula shown above].
The mice in a control group were given nothing [Control]. Mice in other control groups were given sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra [STD], or a psychoactive dose of alcohol [ALC].
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When the researchers brought the mice in contact with sexually receptive females, the mice that had been given Blepharis edulis mounted the females more often and paired with them more often too.
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