Evidence brief · Supplement
Ecdysterone for Strength / lean mass
Evidence grade C — One trial, unreplicated
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 1
- graded outcome
- 0
- references listed
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1 at grade C — 1 graded row
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Strength / lean massEvidence grade C
One trial, unreplicated
Smalllow
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Thin evidence: Strength / lean mass (grade C).
The evidence in words
The verdict
For strength / lean mass, Ecdysterone earns evidence grade C (small effect, low consistency) — the evidence is limited or mixed. One trial, unreplicated
How it might work
Proposed to act via estrogen-receptor-beta signaling to increase protein synthesis — a non-androgenic pathway.
How to use it
Safety & cautions
Appears well tolerated short-term; long-term and dosing data are thin. It's on WADA's monitoring list for athletes.
Bottom line
One eye-catching trial and a plausible non-androgenic mechanism, undercut by poor product quality and no replication. Watch this space rather than banking on it.
Goes with
- EcdysteroneRead the full Ecdysterone monographEvidence grade C
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Ecdysterone: side effects, safety & interactionsAppears well tolerated short-term; long-term and dosing data are thin. It's on WADA's monitoring list for athletes.Evidence grade C
- TurkesteroneA viral 'natural anabolic' ecdysteroid with essentially no human trials behind the hype.Evidence grade D
- Turkesterone for Muscle / performanceEvidence grade D — No human RCTsEvidence grade D
- Phosphatidic AcidAn mTOR-signaling lipid with a couple of small muscle-growth studies — promising mechanism, thin evidence.Evidence grade C
Sources
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