Did poor quality lead to a decline in the popularity of SJWE?

One cause of the downturn in popularity, in my opinion, was the poor quality of some products on the market. I have stressed relentlessly for 25 years that the effectiveness of any herbal product (or any drug, for that matter) is based on delivering an effective dosage of active compounds. If you want to see the same results noted in the numerous clinical trials with SJWE, it is absolutely essential that you use the same quality of extract used in the studies.

The extracts used in the studies were typically standardized to contain 0.3 percent hypericin and 3 to 5 percent hyperforin. Although hypericin and hyperforin are important components, this extract is composed of a wide range of compounds constituting the remaining 95 percent. Manufacturers of high-quality SJWE apply analytical techniques to identify not only the hypericin and hyperforin, but also several other crucial components.

The point is that although the extracts are standardized for the marker compounds, ensuring appropriate levels of these other constituents is also vitally important. Various independent analyses, by Consumer Reports, Orange County Register, and other demonstrated that the market was full of poor-quality SJWE. And, even if a product had the proper level of the marker compounds hypericin and hyperforin, there was no real guarantee that it was the same quality as the clinically proven extracts.

The quality of SJWE varies tremendously even though the labels of two different SJWEs may state the same level of the marker compounds. Typically, higher-quality clinically tested SJWE is three to four times more expensive than a raw material. The point here is that many people may not have experienced the benefits that SJWE had to offer because they were not using an effective product.

As there is no real way for consumers to know all the intricate details of what goes into SJWE, it is imperative that they rely on respected health food store brands.

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