Tribulus Terrestris Extract

Tribulus terrestris (also known as puncture vine), a member of the Zygophyllaceae family, is an annual herb found in many tropical and moderate areas of the world, including the US and Mexico, the Mediterranean region, and throughout Asia. Its health and medicinal effects to three groups of active Phytochemicals:

A- Dioscin, protodioscin, diosgenin and similar. These substances stimulate sexual performance and may be useful for treating a variety of sexual disorders, they help to regulate sexual energy levels and sexual strength by increasing the percentage of free available testosterone levels for men and they even effect pregnenolone, progesterone and estrogen. The hormone balancing abilities of Tribulus Terrestris in the bodies of women makes this herb possibly useful for aiding in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome and menopausal syndrome.

B- Sterols such as betasitosterols or stigma. These chemical compounds help to protect the prostate gland from swelling and in combination with the X steroidal saponins, may help to protect the prostate from cancer.

C- Proprietary steroidal saponins currently referred by medical researchers and physicians as X steroidal saponins. These X steroidal saponins have the ability to influence the entire immune system of the body. They have been shown to have anti-bacterial and anti-viral effects. Due to the effects of these substances it is now believed that Tribulus Terrestris may be used both internally and externally as a treatment for herpes, and virus infections such as influenza and the common cold.

Most of all, steroidal saponins have been identified as the bioactive constituents responsible for the anabolic and aphrodisiac effects, these saponins (of which protodioscin is the primary) enable the body to produce more testosterone by raising the levels of the Leuteinizing Hormone (LH), which a hormone released normally by the pituitary gland helps to maintain testosterone production. As the LH increases, so testosterone increases.

These effects have been shown in both animal and human clinical trials whereby, also, following is the clinical effects of Protodioscin:

Impotence and Libido disorders
Libido disorder is defined by andrologists as decreased, nonexistent or even excessive sexual drives. Masters and Johnson (1969), Steno et al. (1977), Picollo and Picollo (1978) defined impotence as the inability to achieve or maintain penile erection that is sufficient for normal sexual activities, including sexual intercourse. This becomes a medical condition if this inability to achieve erection occurs in 50% or more of sexual activities. It is possible that a man experience both libido disorder, especially decreased or non-existent sex drive, and impotence at the same time. Protodioscin has been used to treat infertility, as it has been shown to increase spermatozoa concentration by increasing the number of spermatogonia, spermatocytes and spermatids, as well as to treat libido disorders and impotence.

Increases men's sex drive
Male erectile dysfunctions are composed of the dysfunctions of libido, erection, ejaculation and orgasm. We have conducted a clinical trial to test the efficacy of protodioscin, a natural compound derived from the extract of a medicinal plant Tribulus terrestris. And have studied the sex drive, erection, ejaculation and orgasm of 53 married men diagnosed with sexual dysfunctions. The results show that the protodioscin did significant improvement in sex drive in the majority of our trial constituents, without any evidence of adverse effects.

Male infertility with idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia
Recently, herbal remedies have become popular in many Eastern as well as Western countries. Many of the active ingredients of these remedies have been successfully purified and standardized, resulting in a diversity of various extracts known as pythochemicals. Tribulus terrestris L (TTL) is one of such herbal remedies that have been scientifically studied, purified, standardized and clinically tested for its usefulness or benefits in the treatment of idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OTA) in male subjects.

Improves spermatozoa mobility
The increasingly popular use of the herbal extract of Tribulus terrestris L, reflective of the increased use of traditional medications in the recent years, has resulted in scientific research efforts to identify the active components. The identification of protodioscin, a furostanol saponin as the active ingredient followed the findings of its beneficial effects on the improvement of spermatogenesis, and on the increase in sperm mobility and viability. Based on statistical analyses, it had been found a significant increase in the motility of sperm in the treated group as compared to the control placebo group and no harmful or other side effects were observed.

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