Comment · Wed, October 28, 2020 · ND Owner
Rephyll - piperine content?
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Aldarund · 7 points
Does it have piperine? If so in what amount and will it affect other drug metabolism in same way as pure piperine?
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Aldarund · 3 points
\> it only gets the terpene β-caryophyllene
What is the remaining 94% ? :)
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
So terpenes like β-caryophyllene exist as oils. They are volatile oils, which is why you don't see more products using them. To get them in a powder form, and to make them more bioavailable, Rephyll uses a patented process called Zeal Technology. It's actually really cool! Have you heard of liposomes? Well Zeal is essentially a way to make extremely bioavailable liposomes into a powder form. It's literally the world's first powdered liposome technology. How it does this is by using a carrier, in this case starch, sunflower lecithin, and tumeric extract, to create the liposome, then removing the water using high-pressure homogenization to form a phospholipic matrix without the water!
So this is similar to the phospholipid bilayer that makes Longvida more bioavailable. However, this process is taking a highly volatile sesquiterpene oil and makes it a much more stable and easy to use powder that improves bioavailability and efficacy. So the other 90-94% is the phospholipid bilayer encasing the β-caryophyllene.