NootropicsDepot Tongkat Ali vs. Physta® Tongkat Ali

Effect of Tongkat Ali on stress hormones and psychological mood state in moderately stressed subjects.

https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1550-2783-10-28

This double blind human study concluded that:

* "Supplementation of eurycoma to stressed adults for a period of four weeks is associated with an improved stress hormone ratio (cortisol reduced by 16% and testosterone increased by 37%) alongside improvements in subjective ratings of stress."

Dosing and duration:

* Sixty-four (64) subjects (32 men and 32 women) were randomized to receive tongkat ali (TA; 200 mg/day of Physta™, Biotropics Malaysia Berhad; 32 subjects) or look-alike placebo (PL; 32 subjects) for 4 weeks.

https://akarali.com/physta-tongkat-ali/

I understand that this patented Physta Tongkat Ali version is standardized to 1.5% Total Eurycomanone; aside from that variation curious as to how ND Tongkat compares with respect to Total Glycosaponin, Total Polysaccharide, Total Protein, etc. Alongside with variation in standardization (Physta Standardized 200:1 using freeze-dried water extraction method) and sourcing of the raw Tongkat Ali (Physta using handpicked Yellow Tongkat Ali)?

Does Physta® "wo…