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03/30/05

Scientific Background
Rhodiola rosea (Rhosavin100™) is a perennial plant with red, pink, or yellowish flowers. It has no biological relation to the "common" rose, but due to its similar fragrance it has been used as a substitute for Attar of Roses.

One of the greatest things Rhodiola does is enhance mental and physical performance. It has been widely used by Russian athletes and cosmonauts to increase energy. Rhodiola is cardio-protective, normalizing the heart rate immediately after intense exercise. It improves the nervous system and mental functions such as memory, by increasing blood-supply to the muscles and brain, and it also increases protein synthesis (1, 3, 4).

Learning Skills
Foreign students learning a new language in a double-blind placebo controlled study at Volgograd State Medical University in Russia. The most significant improvements in the R. rosea were better attention span and concentration and improved neurological response.
Spasov, A.A., et al., (2000)
Journal of Phytomedicine, 7(2), 85-89.
Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, 63(1), 76-78.

Physician Night Shift Study
The "Fatigue Index," which measured overall level of mental fatigue involving complex cognitive functions, including such factors as associative thinking, short-term memory, calculation, concentration and speed of audio-visual perception were measured. During the first two weeks a statistically significant improvement in mental performance tests was observed.
Darbinyan, V., et al., (2000). Phytomedicine 7(5), 365-371.

Early Mental Fatigue Trial
An experimental group of 27 healthy students, physicians ages 19-46 were selected for their problems sustaining mental energy at work. Rhodiola rosea was observed to significantly increase individual productivity in every case.
Krasik, E.D., et al (1970), Congress Neuropathologists and Psychiatrists, May 26-29, 215-17.

It is also important to note that Soviet/Russian sports professional have used R. rosea for decades with very consistent results in enhancing physical performance. It gives competitors a pronounced edge in both physical and mental stamina as well as accelerating recovery time without anabolic steroids.
Azizov, A.P.,Seiffula, R.D., (1998) Exp. Clinical Pharm, 61(3), 61-63.
Seifulla, R.D., (1999) Sport Pharma Publishing, Moscow, 104p.
Seifulla, R., Azizov, A., (1998) Journal Military Medicine, Moscow, 319(2), 57-63.

Rhodiola rosea has extraordinary pharmacological properties as an anti-mutagen and anti-depressive agent. In this respect Rhodiola rosea is much more powerful than other adaptogens. In one study done by O.M. Duhan and colleagues (5), the anti-mutagenic activities of Panax Ginseng and of Rhodiola rosea were compared. It became clear that the extracts of Rhodiola rosea had a higher capacity to counteract gene mutations induced by various mutagens (up to about 90% inhibition in some cases).

The anti-depressive and anti-stress activity of Golden root is higher than that of St. John's Wort, Ginkgo biloba and Panax Ginseng. Furthermore, Rhodiola rosea is five times less toxic than Panax ginseng.

In a clinical trial 150 individuals suffering from depression took Rhodiola rosea extracts for a period of one month. At the end of that period two-thirds of them had full remission of clinical manifestations of depression, and had become more active and more sociable. Daytime weakness and general weakness disappeared.

Rhodiola rosea extracts reduce significantly the yield of cells with the chromosome aberrations in vivo and inhibit unscheduled DNA synthesis induced by N-nitroso-N-methylurea in vitro (8). It is emphasized that Rhodiola rosea extracts have rejuvenative properties due to their ability to raise the efficiency of the intracell DNA repair mechanisms.

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And - while we don't like to toot our own horn (too much!), Medicine Plants contributed to the book, "The Rhodiola Revolution." Many of our customers, who had used Rhosavin100, wrote to us and allowed their case studies to be included in the publication. "The Rhodiola Revolution", written by Dr. Richard Brown, MD and Dr. Pat Gerbarg, MD is a full resource of reliable, clinical information about Rhodiola rosea including its history, clinical studies and much more.

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