How should I interpret the dosage per capsule of your Equinacea. It says 1000 mg and also puts 200 mg of extract.
R/ Echinacea is rich in numerous important components. Although the analysis of echinacea purpurea has provided a selection of chemical components with some pharmacological activity, it is the phenolic compounds that are used for the standardization procedures.
LAMBERTS® is in favor of the standardized extracts, since the extraction and concentration procedures of the active compounds guarantee that the vegetable product is much more powerful than those products based on the whole pulverized plant, where nothing is done to concentrate said compounds. Our 200 mg extract is obtained from more than 1000 mg of dry herb powder and therefore it is estimated to be more potent than a product that contains simply 200 mg of total pulverized plant material.
The accounts are made in the following way: An extract 5: 1 means that each 1 mg of extract is equivalent to 5 mg of the product without concentrating. Then, by a rule of three: 200 mg of concentrate (extract) is equivalent to: 200 x 5 = 1000 mg of product without concentrating. Instead of having 1000 mg without concentrating, there are 200 mg concentrated, which occupy less and are equivalent. We add Vitamin C and Zinc to our formulation as they contribute to the normal functioning of the immune system.
