Comment · Fri, March 11, 2016 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
Ashwagandha: Color and Composition
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chuggworth · 18 points
This is a picture of some nicely colored powdered plants extracts. The picture is an ashwagandha listing from amazon.
As a nootropics/supplement consumer, I've purchased and used Ashwagandha twice. Both sold by powdercity as bulk extract 2.5% withanolides (6/29/15 and 1/13/15). Each were were different colors and different efficacy. One had the brown color seen in the top right of the picture, and the other was the tan color seen in the top left.
Can you share experience of ashwagandha (powders, extracts) with different colors and compositions?
What processing and plant characteristics could be at play?
How significant is chemical variation, even with standardized Withanolides content?
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot
All ashwagandha I have sourced has been either light or dark brown. Sensoril is darker brown, while KSM-66 is light brown. Our regular ashwagandha is darker brown, similar to Sensoril. I have never seen green or reddish ashwagandha. Wild Harvest is light brown like KSM-66. Himalaya is medium brown, in between KSM and Sensoril. Green ashwagandha would indicate to me they used leaf matter, instead of root. You want to use the root.