LAB TESTED AND VERIFIED - All Nootropics Depot products are thoroughly lab tested to ensure our customers are receiving only the highest quality ingredients at the optimal strength, potency and purity. We take pride in the amount of research put into every product by sourcing only the highest quality and innovative ingredients. PROMOTES POSITIVE MOOD - Not only is Cistanche an absolute powerhouse of an ergogenic aid, it also produces wonderful mood brightening effects. It mainly achieves this by balancing the gut-brain axis. Sound like an obscure mechanism to you? Well, it is! Not a whole lot of supplements act on this pathway, but the happier our gut, the happier our brain and Cistanche is proof that this is the case. It also appears to have a robust calming effect that shows up after longer term use. PROMOTES COGNITIVE FUNCTION - Cistanche tubulosa can also exert nootropic effects. The mechanism behind its nootropic effects are likely related to helping balance the gut-brain axis. With this in mind, Cistanche is then a very novel natural nootropic. PROMOTES PHYSICAL STRENGTH & ENERGY - Cistanche has been widely touted for its many benefits. Two of the most popular being its ability to effect positive changes to strength and endurance. Across several trials, the Echinacoside dosed groups have demonstrated more strength and endurance over control groups. HIGHEST STANDARD AVAILABLE - Echinacoside and Acetoside, also sometimes refered to as Verbascoside, are the reason for cistanche's many benefits. Nootropics Depot has developed the only available cistanche which standardizes to both of these active ingredients. By doing this we have created what we believe to be the most powerful cistanche extract available.