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Ashwagandha withanolide %

Forum › Category: Nootropics › Ashwagandha withanolide %
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Peter asked 3 years ago

Amongst brands whose ingredients purport to use only KSM66, I notice there can be variation regarding the withanolide % in one tablet.

For example, brand XYZ might say each tablet contains 2.5% withanolide and brand ABC might say each tablet contains 5% withanolide; even though both use only KSM66.

The brand I bought states “Each tablet contains: Withania somnifera (KSM-66® Ashwagandha) extract equiv. to dried root……………7.5g (7500mg) Standardised to withanolides 30mg”.

How do I convert this to the withanolide % in one tablet?

Question Tags: Ashwagandha
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Soloman Staff answered 3 years ago

Thanks for the question Peter!

Simple math would suggest 30mg / 7500mg = 0.4% withanolide per tablet, which seems low.

However it is a very high dried root equivalent of 7.5 grams. If you look at other brands, they may have 600mg KSM-66 with 5% withanolides which still provides just 30mg per capsule, the same as yours. Or they have 300mg capsules at 10% withanolides, again 30mg. We have just seen that Jarrows has an even lower amount, 300mg capsule with 8% withanolides yielding 24mg.

So it sounds like your supplement is fine! Our best guess is KSM-66 Ashwagandha simply comes in different strengths / potencies / dried herb equivalents.

What brand is if it you don’t mind us asking?

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Peter answered 3 years ago

Thanks Soloman.

Further research since I posted the question and I discovered that if the product is KSM-66’s variety of withania somnifera, then 5% of each mg = the active withanolides ingredient.

So if, hypothetically, the optimum dose of withanolides is 30mg day, then 600mg KSM-66 daily achieves that goal; 600 x 5% = 30mg withanolides.

The supplier I purchased from told me the 7500mg dried root refers to the volume used to extract the 600mg tablet. So each tablet contains 30mg withanolides.

The supplier I referred to in the original post is Curoso’s Ashwagandha (KSM66). https://carusosnaturalhealth.com.au/ashwagandha

The other ashwagandha I bought was Nature’s Way (KSM66).

Soloman Staff replied 3 years ago

Great thanks for the update, it looks like given the standardisation of KSM66 you really just want to look for (1) a reliable company who you trust their integrity and authenticity of the ingredients, then conditional on that (2) the cheapest available of those options.

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Peter answered 3 years ago

Yes that’s the last question to be answered.
…An independent lab assessment is the only way to know for sure.

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