Thread: need more info plz

dear friend, i'm an analyst and working on a sampel of tribulus terrestris right now. the weird thing is i found quite high concentration of caffein in my sampel. i have been looking in some web and it said no caffein in tribulus.i wonder if you guys have any info bout chemical compounds of tribulus that might be misread as caffein.

ps : i'm using hplc

did you get your sample directly from the plant? or from a supplement?

supplements will sometimes include caffeine.

If you are taking samples directly from the plant. Take more samples from other specimens of the same type of plant. You could just have a contaminated sample. maybe coffee was poured into the dirt the plant was growing in.

my sample is a supplement for man and the package only listed one ingredient which is tribulus terrestris stack.

"Stack" means it contains a bunch of other stuff.
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Originally Posted by seravine

my sample is a supplement for man and the package only listed one ingredient which is tribulus terrestris stack.

Then you definitly want to get your sample directly from the plant itself. You need a PURE sample. Not some supplement that has been tampered with by adding various ingredients intended to make the pill stay in one piece until ingested or to cause it to enter the bloodstream faster giving the sensation of a boost of energy, such as caffeine. Caffeine causes that boost tricking people into thinking the supplements are really better than they are. This is how they stay in business.