NanoScalp

[teacup]

Hello,

Could you explain the other ingredients of NanoScalp please? Passionflower and chamomile extracts have already been explained.

Thank you.

[DrYechiel]

Hello, teacup. Thanks for your interest in Nanoscalp.

The botanical fraction of NanoScalp Men consists of: passiflora, green coffee beans, ashwagandha root, chamomile, hibiscus, damiana leaf, tribulus terrestris, bitter melon seeds, yohimbe bark, oat bran, wild yam root. 

I’ll add some comments about these in another posting next week.

[DrYechiel]

Hello Teacup,

The following are properties of botanical extracts which are used in NanoScalp. These properties are valid for oral consumption or medicinal application of the extracts. NanoScalp is a non-medicinal intended for topical application as scalp care.

Passionflower (Passiflora species)  - contains several powerful aromatase inhibitory components, including the flavone chrysin from Passiflora caerulea, and a benzoflavone moiety (BZF) from Passiflora incarnata.

Aromatase inhibitors prevent the conversion of testosterone into estradiol.

Green coffee beans (Coffea arabica) – contains chlorogenic acids, caffeic acid (has no resemblance to caffeine, just a similar name), caffeine, kahweol palmitate, diterpene ester (cafestol palmitate), trigonelline, ferulic acid (increases nitric oxide), chicoric acid (inhibits viral infecticting ability. In HIV, it inhibits a key infecting enzyme “HIV integrase”, that helps HIV infect cells, and many significant others.

Induces an increase in GSH S-transferase. It is also one of the most powerful anti-oxidants and free radical scavengers, and an anti-cancer remedy. anti-parkinson's disease, anti-hypertensive, anti-viral (HIV). There is much more literature on green coffee beans’ properties, and I did not mention all the most relevant properties which are connected with hairloss.

Ashwagandha root (Withania somnifera) – Very large amount of phytochemicals in ashwagandha root, among which are withanolides, alkaloids, and sitoindosides.

Ashwagandha root is a true adaptogen with the following properties: anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-stress, anti-oxidant (increases superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase, powerful scavenger of free radicals), mind-boosting (GABA-like activity, stimulates the growth of axons and dendrites for memory boosting), immune-enhancing, rejuvenating, improves blood flow (induces nitric oxide synthase), reduces blood sugar and cholesterol levels,

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita)–  contains A and B alpha-bisabolol oxides, the flavon apigenin (aromatase inhibitor which may synergize with chrysin found in passiflora), and other ingredients.

Aromatase is an enzyme which is required for the conversion of androgens to estrogens. In men, aromatase activity increases with age, converting the already dimminshed levels of testosterone into estrogen and leading to progression of “male menopause,” and quite paradoxically, may even facilitate enlargement of the prostate and induce prostate cancer. Aromatase inhibitors thus decrease the concentrations of estrogens in the body and are consequently effective against estrogen-dependent tumors’ growth. Aromatase inhibitors are very popular in the bodybuilding community for the purpose of increasing lean muscle mass and decreasing body fat.

Besides the properties mentioned above and in other postings for chamomile, it is anti-skin inflammation, with a unique biological feature as leukocyte-chemotaxis modifier. This type of biological anti-inflammatory activity, in which cell migration was in vitro inhibited at the same level as dexamethasone, is assumed to be a remarkable and unique property of chamomile.

Hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa or H. rosa-sinensis) - contains phytochemicals among which are polysaccarides, protocatechuic acid (PCA) (or esculetin), anthocyanins including cyanidin and dephinidin, esculetin, and hibiscic acid.

It is anti-inflamatory, and used in anti-dandruff treatments and hair care formulations; also reported as cholesterol lowering.

Damiana leaf (Diffusa aphrodisiaca) - Damiana's chemical composition is complex and its components have been only partially identified. The main constituents of damiana leaves include albuminoids, alpha-copaene, alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, arbutin, barterin, beta-pinene, beta-sitosterol, calamenene, caoutchouc, chlorophyll, 1,8-cineole, cymene, cymol, damianin, essential oil, gamma-cadinene, gonzalitosin-i, hexacosanol-1, luteolin, quinovopyranosides, tannins, tetraphyllin b, thymol, triacontane, and trimethoxyflavones.

Stimulating, toning, aphrodisiac, anti-estrogenic (may competes with estrogen receptors), insulin-like activity, and hormonal balancer.

Puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) –contains furostanol saponin 1, spirostanol saponins 2 and 3, terrestrinins A and B, glycosides, flavonoids, alkaloids, resins, tannins, sugars, sterols, dioscin, protodioscin, sitosterol glucoside, tribestin, prototribestin, pseudoprotodioscin, tribulosin, rutin, tribol, and essential oil.

Increases testosterone to normal levels if taken internally by allegedly stimulating LH (lutenizing hormone) which regulates the secretion of testosterone. Of great interest amoung the bodybuilding community for increasing lean body mass. Anti-rheumatic pain, pro-hepatic, analgesic, sugar lowering; increases the release of nitric oxide from the endothelium and nerve endings and thus, acting as anti-impotency, and an aphrodisiac.

Bitter melon seeds (Momordica chinensis) – Bitter melon contains a large array of biologically active plant chemicals including triterpenes, proteins such as momordin, alpha- and beta-momorcharin (inhibited HIV virus in vitro), cucurbitacin B, and MAP-30 (a protein which inhibited prostate tumor growth and herpes virus in vitro) and steroids, anti-diabetic steroidal saponins (charantins), insulin-like peptides, and alkaloids (lower blood suger), alkaloids, charantin, charine, cryptoxanthin, cucurbitins, cucurbitacins, cucurbitanes, cycloartenols, diosgenin, elaeostearic acids, erythrodiol, galacturonic acids, gentisic acid, goyaglycosides, goyasaponins, guanylate cyclase inhibitors, gypsogenin, hydroxytryptamines, karounidiols, lanosterol, lauric acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, momorcharasides, momorcharins, momordenol, momordicilin, momordicins, momordicinin, momordicosides, momordin, multiflorenol, myristic acid, nerolidol, oleanolic acid, oleic acid, oxalic acid, pentadecans, peptides, petroselinic acid, polypeptides, proteins, ribosome-inactivating proteins, rosmarinic acid, rubixanthin, spinasterol, steroidal glycosides, stigmasta-diols, stigmasterol, taraxerol, trehalose, trypsin inhibitors, uracil, vacine, v-insulin, verbascoside, vicine, zeatin, zeatin riboside, zeaxanthin, and zeinoxanthin.

Insulin-like effect which worked in diabetes mellitus, inhibits the enzyme guanylate cyclase that is thought to be linked to the cause of psoriasis and also necessary for the growth of leukemia and cancer cells, lowering cholesterol in normal and diabetic (also lowering triglicerides in diabetic) people, anti-viral, immunostimulant, broad-spectrum anti-microbial activity, anti-psoriasis, and anti-tumor.

Yohimbe bark (Pausinystalia yohimbe) - Yohimbe bark contains ajmaline, corynantheine, coryanthine, tannins, and about 6% yohimbine (which in pure form is a prescription drug for erectile dysfunction and impotency and fatigue as yohimbine hydrochloride). Yohimbine is an indole alkaloid that is classified as an alpha-2-adrenergic blocking agent.

Its properties are known as general stimulant of the nervous system, anti- fatigue, anti-tension and anti-stress, and has monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity (if taken orally it may cause racing heart rate, and much caution should be applied), aphrodiziac for men and women. increases the production of norepinephrine.

Oat bran (Avena sativa) – Chemical constituents include saponins, flavonoids, starch, alkaloids ( trigonelline, avenine ), steroids, calcium, iron, B vitamins, lysine, and methionine. The seeds contain alkaloids, such as gramine, as well as saponins, such as avenacosides A and B. It also contains beta-glucan, ferulic acid, protein, gum, silicic acid (silica).

Cholesterol lowering, antioxidant and uv protectant.

Wild yam root (Dioscorea villosa) - Chemical constituents are saponins as diosgenin, dioscin, and the alkaloid dioscorin.

Anti-inflammatory, cholesterol lowering, asthma support, hepato-protective, anti-rheumatic pain, DHEA mimetic, and anti-fungal.