Review on stimulant ingredients used in sports nutrition supplement formula

Last week, before the end of the Supplyside West show, a sensational news broke out: the current most popular sports nutrition stimulant ingredient DMBA, also known as 1,3-dimethylbutylamine, AMP citrate, 4-amino-2-methylpentane citrate, 4-amino-2-pentanamine has been invested by four organizations, NSF International, Harvard Medical School and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands (RIVM), and further investigation by the FDA is inevitable. The fate of 1,3 DMBA(AMP CITRATE) may be end this year like its analog DMAA who has been banned in 2012 with its entrance as early as in 2006, while AMP Citrate may has no more than 1 year life time worldwide.

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As a raw material manufacturer of herbal extracts, we even doesn’t know what pouchong tea extract is since pouchong tea extract is coined by those unethical supplement manufacturers in the United States and Europe. They are hiding this synthetic stimulant under the name of natural herbal extract, just like DMAA as geranium extract, aegeline as Aegle marmelos Correa extract, etc. As an end consumer, we need to be very careful in choosing the right supplements with the right ingredients. Of course, we will update the safe ingredients for your reference from time to time.

DMBA is just a trigger, and I have always been thinking of writing such an article on the theme of stimulants, informing the readers of the bad, good and the latest. However, stimulant ingredients are not always bad. There are legal stimulants available, and they are very essential in workout supplements, such as caffeine, guarana extract, hordenine hcl, N-methyltyramine, N-acetyl Tyrosine, higenamine, DMAE,theobromine. Well, the status of Phenylethylamine, B-Phenylethylamine hcl, Beta-Methylphenethylamine hydrochloride, R-N-Benzyl-alpha-phenylethylamine, N-Methyl-B-Methylphenylethylamine, N-Benzyl-2-Phenylethylamine, N-Methyl-B-Phenylethylamine HCl, R-Beta-Methylphenylethylamine, N,N-Dimethyl-B-Phenylethylamine are not clear, and those supplement brands manufacturers better not use this unproved ingredients. And there are some fraud stimulant ingredients on the market as well, such as dendrobium extract(as Dendrobium nobile, dendrobine，total alkaloids), Acacia rigidula extract. Since these extracts have many alkaloids and other ingredients, some PEA series ingredients as mentioned above, or hidden ingredients are added among them by those bad manufacturers. Make sure that both DMAA (1,3 dimethylamylamine) and ephedra are banned by FDA in 2012 and 2004 respectively, never use them in your supplements.

For bodybuilders, athletes, never take any supplements containing stimulants as below.
Forbidden stimulants (WADA prohibited list)

If you are in the need of stimulants for your supplement formula, or looking for ingredients for your sports nutrition, please hesitate let us know. We are able to develop novel ingredients for you or source on your behalf.