Welltrients For Women™

Ingredient Summary

Black Cohosh (root extract) The root of the native North America plant Black Cohosh works by binding to serotonin receptors. Black cohosh contains the known precursors triterpene glycosides which the body uses to increase the synthesis of progesterone.

Acantho Root Extract (Eleutherococcus senticosus) Eleuthero root has active constituents that contain steroid-like compounds (eleutherosides) that counteract the alarm state of stress response. Eleuthero is a small a deciduous shrub native to Northeastern Asia with adaptogen, anticholesteremic, and some anti-inflammatory properties.

Dong Quai (root extract) Dong Quai an herb indigenous to China contains Vitamin B12, coumarins, ferulate, phytosterols, polysaccharides and flavonoids.

Chaste Berry Extract Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, Vitex agnus castus acts on the hypothalamus and pituitary glands by increasing luteinizing hormone (LH) production and mildly inhibiting the release of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) resulting in an indirect shift that increases the ratio of progesterone to estrogen.

Mexican Yam Root (root extract) Wild Yam is native to North America, the dried root (rhizome) contain coumarins, phytosterols, phytosteroidal saponins, alkaloids and tannins.

Panax Ginseng (root extract) Panax is a group of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy root originating from north eastern Asia with adaptogen properties characterized by the presence of ginsenosides.

Red Clover (extract) The Red Clover is a trifoliate herbaceous perennial legume native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa, rich in coumarin, isoflavones and phytoestrogens.

dl-Phenylalanine The biosynthesis of other amino acids and some neurotransmitters are derived from the essential amino acid Phenylalanine that can also be converted to tyrosine by a biochemical process in the liver.

l-Histidine Histidine is a natural amino acids that is a precursor to histamine and present in proteins, and is essential amino acid in children and important for adults.

Blue Cohosh Root Blue Cohosh a tall perennial flowering plant with large blue berry-like fruits used as a medicinal herb by American Indians and contains several alkaloids, Methylcystisine, saponins and teratogenic compounds.

Saw Palmetto Berry Extract Saw Palmetto berry is rich in fatty acids and important phytosterols. Saw palmetto can be an anti-androgen.

Licorice Root Extract Licorice is an adaptogen that comes from the root of the herbaceous perennial Glycyrrhiza glabra. Licorice contains the isoflavone (phytoestrogen) compounds glabridin and glabrene which demonstrate estrogen-like activities.

Sarsparilla Root Extract As smilax it contains at least four phytosterols of the progesterone class. An adaptagenic tropical plant containing rich flavonoids.

Damiana Leaf Extract Damiana is a shrub native to Central and South America, Mexico and the desert southwest of the United States.

Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxal 5 phosphate) The bioactive metabolite of Vitamin B-6, Pyridoxil 5'-phosphate is a coenzyme of many enzymatic reactions. It is the active form of Vitamin B-6 which comprises three natural organic compounds, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine and pyridoxine.

Vitamin B3 (as niacin) Niacin plays an important role in the production of several sex and stress-related hormones, particularly those made by the adrenal gland. Niacin is a water-soluble vitamin, whose derivatives play essential roles in energy metabolism in the cell and DNA repair.