Thanks JP. Now I can take the pleasure to analyze it and ask questions.
I don't necessarily expect you to be able to answer any of the following per say, but these were some questions and observations that popped into my head as I was reviewing the ingredient profile;
1) Regarding the ingredient "Tinospora Cordifolia - Ethanolic Extract", LG says the following
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Acts like an androgen in key tissues"?
Based on the description LG has given, I'm assuming that they have based they're results on this study:
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=21498249
However in the above study the scientists involved concluded that it was successful in affecting androgen receptors in the prostate only (which is not good btw). Hence how do you know that its effective in tissues such as muscle and bone?
2) I couldn't find any literature for Curculigo Orchiodes. LG refers to the study "Effect of Curculigo orchioides rhizomes on sexual behaviour of male rats." Fitoterapia. 78.7-8 (2007)", which I was unable to obtain.
couple links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17643866 http://www.google.ca/search?q=Curcul...ient=firefox-a
http://www.mdidea.com/products/prope...5research.html
I saw elsewhere that someone claimed that scientists concluded (perhaps the ones from the above study) that this ingredient caused the reproductive organs to grow and act like testosterone. Is this what LG is basing the statement "
Still, the water based extract was shown in the literature to have potent sexual and anabolic effects"?
3) Regarding Ketosterones, the only potential positive thing about this ingredient is that its a sterol which are known to lower cholesterol. If there is a study which demonstrates any of its anabolic effects, I'd be happy to see it.
4) Regarding the word "pSARM'', did LG science invent this term?
Psarm stands for- phytoSARM : http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sa...=&oq=&gs_rfai=
The evidence for the ingredient Hibiscus Rosa-Sinesis seems to be based on this study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17688164.
The results showed that rats who consumed this ingredient for 8 weeks, put on weight in their various organs, however I didn't read of anything regarding muscle mass.