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In the Scheunengut guide, we explain vitamins, minerals, plant compounds and dietary supplements clearly and with a solid scientific grounding – from correct intake to the right product for you. Use the search or the topic filters to quickly find what you need.
Fenugreek: What It's Good For
Fenugreek is more than a curry spice — the small seeds are among the kitchen's most versatile healthy plant compounds. A combination of fiber, bitter compounds, and plant steroid compounds...
Bitter Compounds: How to Kickstart Your Digestion
You know the feeling after a meal: heavy, sluggish, bloated. This is exactly where bitter compounds come in — a group of plant substances that get your digestive tract moving...
Milk Thistle from Scheunengut: the Plant in Our Liver Complex with Choline
With its violet flowers and strikingly white-marbled leaves, milk thistle is one of the best-known plants of monastic medicine. Botanically, it is known as Silybum marianum, belongs to the daisy...
Theobromine: the active substance in cocoa simply explained
Theobromine is a natural plant substance that occurs above all in cocoa and dark chocolate. Chemically, like caffeine, it belongs to the group of methylxanthines and is partly responsible for...
Hypericin and Hyperforin: The Active Compounds in St. John's Wort
Anyone who looks into St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) quickly comes across two names: hypericin and hyperforin. They are considered the characteristic compounds of the plant and appear on many...
Bergamot Extract: Polyphenols and What's Really Behind Them
Most people know bergamot as the fragrance note in Earl Grey tea or from perfumery. Less well known is that the peel and juice of the fruit contain an unusually...
Artemisinin: The Compound in Artemisia annua (Sweet Wormwood)
Few secondary plant compounds have attracted as much attention in recent decades as artemisinin, the compound that gives sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) its name. Anyone who looks into this plant...
Sea Buckthorn: Vitamin C, Omega-7 and Use
Hardly any native wild fruit is as densely packed as the sea buckthorn berry: bright orange, sour to tart, and traditionally prized as one of the richest vitamin C sources...
Rhodiola or Ginseng? The Comparison
When it comes to classic botanicals for inner balance and alert days, the same two names come up almost every time: rhodiola and ginseng. Both have been regarded as so-called...
Supporting Circulation: Nutrients and Plant Compounds
Cold fingers, legs that tire quickly, a tingling feeling from sitting too long – many people wonder whether they can support their circulation through diet. The short answer: lifestyle is...
Chlorophyll: Use and Background
Hardly any natural substance is as omnipresent as chlorophyll: it colors every leaf, every blade of grass, and every alga green, and it's the engine of photosynthesis. No wonder the...
Buying Sulforaphane & Broccoli Extract: What to Look For
Sulforaphane is one of the most discussed plant compounds of recent years and is turning up on more and more supplement labels. At the same time, the products are barely...
Buying Milk Thistle: Silymarin Content & What to Look For
Milk thistle is one of the best-known plants on the dietary supplement shelf, and that's precisely why the choice can feel so confusing. Between a cheap powder and a highly...
Buying Berberine: Purity, Bioavailability & What to Look For
In recent years, berberine has become one of the most sought-after plant compounds in dietary supplements. Anyone wanting to buy berberine quickly runs into a confusing range of offerings: different...
Berberine: origin, forms and intake
Few plant compounds are currently discussed as intensively in forums and guides as berberine. This bright yellow bitter compound occurs in several medicinal plants and has a long traditional history....
Saffron Extract & Mood: A Neutral Assessment
Directly and honestly, up front: no health claims are currently approved for saffron in the EU – so we are neither allowed nor willing to promise you any effect on...
Tribulus terrestris: a factual explanation
Few plants are surrounded by as many grandiose marketing promises as Tribulus terrestris – and few are misrepresented as often. The inconspicuous puncture vine with its spiny fruits is a...
Yam Root & Diosgenin Explained Factually
Few plants are surrounded by as many myths as the yam root – from the „plant hormone“ to being confused with the sweet potato. The sober answer up front: the...
Artichoke & Cynarin explained factually
Most people know the artichoke as an elegant, slightly nutty vegetable on the plate. Few are aware that it is botanically a thistle and that its leaves carry one of...
Milk Thistle & Silymarin Factually Explained
In short: Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a traditional Mediterranean herb whose fruits yield the active-compound complex silymarin. Silymarin is not a single substance but a bundle of flavonolignans –...
Garlic: Allicin, Forms & How to Use It
Allicin is the central active compound that gives garlic its typical smell and its pungency – and the crucial point about it: the whole, intact clove contains no allicin at...
Lycopene: the carotenoid from tomatoes
In short: lycopene is the bright red plant pigment from the carotenoid group, found above all in tomatoes and tomato products. It is best absorbed not from the raw tomato,...
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