Biotin is a growth factor present in every living cell. It plays an indispensable role in numerous naturally occurring carboxylation reactions.
Synonyms: Vitamin H or B-8, Co-enzyme R
Chrysin is a compound in the flavone family that is extracted mainly from passion flower plants.
Chrysin happens to be a very good inhibitor of aromatase, the enzyme in the body that converts testosterone into estradiol, and androstenedione into estrone. When this enzyme is inhibited, testosterone (as well as androstenedione) will tend to accumulate to higher concentrations.
Synonyms: Flavone X, 5,7-dihyroxyflavone
Synonyms: Dehydroepiandrosterone, prasterone
Numerous studies have shown that the berry contains fatty acids which may inhibit the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone within the prostate.
Zinc orotate is a mineral salt that is normally found in the body in small amounts. Each molecule of zinc orotate consists of two molecules of orotic acid and one zinc atom — the zinc atom replaces a pair of hydrogen atoms (one from each orotic acid molecule).
Zinc is an essential element required by all living things. Every organ and tissue in the body contains and requires zinc. It plays roles in development, tissue growth, and in all major bodily functions. Several thousand kinds of proteins in the body contain zinc — some of these proteins are enzymes that use zinc atoms to catalyze biochemical reactions, others have structural roles. ‘Zinc finger’ proteins regulate gene expression, and zinc atoms play a role in gene-directed cell death (‘apoptosis’) which is a major regulatory process in growth and development, and in cancer and other diseases. Zinc also affects the way cells signal each other — it has been found to influence hormone release and the transmission of information along nerves.
