Comment · Wed, February 17, 2016 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Info on the nootropic value of mushroom extracts
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AZNman1111 · 37 points
Nootropic Depot just got 9 in today and I haven't heard of a single one of them.
Does anybody have any experience with them? Or better yet, any studies about effects? Are there some that are have been used for a longer time and others that are being used as a nootropic more recently?
I'm interested in where to start looking into this new stuff and all of my mushroom searches came up with Lions Mane.
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zifzif · 3 points
What's the difference between the original ND Lions Mane and the Nammex Lions Mane?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
When I bought Nootropics Depot, I had never offered mushroom products before. So I just went with the same extract that ND was offering before, which is a 50% water 50% ethanol extract of Lion's Mane mycelium and fruiting bodies grown on a wood/straw substrate. Our supplier says it is mostly mycelium, though. I knew that I did not know anything about mushrooms, and I hate not being informed about everything I sell. So I set out to figure out what the best extract for Lion's Mane would be. That led me down the rabbit hole of all sorts of mushrooms.
There are two main active components of Lion's Mane, called hericenones and erinacines. The issue is that both hericenones and erinacines are found in the fruiting bodies, but hericenones are not found in the mycelium. So if you are only using the mycelium, you are only getting the erinacines. Doing a water and ethanol extraction leads to more of the active ingredients, but only if you use the whole mushroom. The other extract that we have up is a 50/50 extract, and has a lot of good anecdotes, but is not controlled throughout the production process like the Nammex ones. With the Nammex, you know exactly what parts of the mushroom are being used, that it is being grown on the appropriate substrate, and has all the active ingredients you are looking for.