The Science Inside | AlchemyPet Ingredients
The Science Inside

Every active, traced back to real research.

We don't ask you to take absorption on faith. Each ingredient in an AlchemyPet formula is here, with the study behind it. Read the labels. Then read the science.

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Branded ingredient clinical studies

The actives inside are backed by their own trials.

Where we could, we chose branded, clinically studied ingredients over commodity botanicals. That means the research below was funded and published by the ingredient makers, and a veterinarian can read the upstream trials directly rather than take our word for it.

Several of these trials were run in dogs. The rest are human studies on the specific branded material. These describe the ingredients as supplied to us, not finished AlchemyPet formulas. Our own contribution is the second layer of delivery: alginate microencapsulation that protects these actives on the way to where absorption happens.

Studied in dogs
Crominex®3+
Trivalent chromium, Amla & purified Shilajit
Canine RCT
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled · 11 client-owned arthritic dogs · 150 days

Dogs on Crominex®3+ showed a significant reduction in arthritic pain, measurable by day 90 and greatest at day 150, across overall pain, pain on limb manipulation, and pain after exertion. Placebo pain held steady or rose. Kidney, liver, and muscle serum markers stayed normal, indicating it was well tolerated.

P<0.05
Pain reduction vs placebo
90d
First measurable effect
Fleck A, Gupta R, et al. Journal of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, 2014. Read the study
Carniking®
L-Carnitine (Lonza)
Canine trial
Controlled exercise trial · 96 Labrador Retrievers · up to 14 weeks · 250 mg/day

Labradors on Carniking® with exercise gained lean mass while the control group lost it, and showed lower creatine kinase and myoglobin (markers of muscle damage) plus improved antioxidant capacity. The researchers noted the results are especially promising for senior pets, where preserving muscle is an unmet need.

+0.68kg
Lean mass gained vs control loss
P=0.003
Lower muscle-damage marker
Varney J, Fowler J, et al. Journal of Nutritional Science, 2017. Read the release
Carniking®
L-Carnitine, weight & metabolism
Canine trial
Randomized, placebo-controlled · 61 Labrador Retrievers, age 5 to 11 · 15 weeks

In older Labradors fed high-calorie diets, Carniking® prevented weight gain, reduced feed intake, and raised basal metabolic rate, effects that held independent of exercise and were strongest in females. Plasma L-carnitine rose dose-dependently, tying the outcomes to the supplement.

P<0.01
Lower feed intake, high calorie
61
Senior Labradors
Varney JL, Bellamine A, et al. J Vet Med Animal Sci, 2021. MedDocs, open access
Natreon joint trio
PrimaVie®, Crominex®3+ & AyuFlex®
Canine data
Supplier evidence summary drawn from canine arthritis studies

Natreon's three joint actives each showed reductions in a distinct pain measure in moderately arthritic dogs: PrimaVie® on pain during limb manipulation, AyuFlex® on overall pain, and Crominex®3+ on pain after physical exertion. Together they cover the range of ways arthritis pain shows up day to day.

Image slot: Natreon "Supporting Your Dog's Joint Health" infographic. Upload to Shopify CDN, then paste the URL here.
Natreon Inc. joint health infographic, compiling Lawley 2013 and Fleck 2014 canine data.
Branded human trials
Casperome®
Boswellia serrata, Phytosome® delivery
Registry study
Controlled registry · 52 rugby players with knee pain · 4 weeks

Added to standard care, this lecithin delivery form of Boswellia raised pain-free walking distance from about 35 m to 188 m, cut local pain and joint effusion, and lowered the cartilage-damage marker COMP and inflammatory CRP. It is a clean example of a delivery innovation making a poorly-absorbed active work harder.

Pain-free walking distance
P<0.05
vs standard care alone
Franceschi F, Togni S, et al. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 2016. Read the study
AyuFlex®
Terminalia chebula (Natreon)
6-study program
Six randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled human trials · joint and cardiovascular endpoints

Across a clinical program of six trials, AyuFlex® significantly improved joint comfort and mobility (WOMAC, KOOS, VAS) in people with knee discomfort, and improved endothelial function and oxidative-stress markers in metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. The lower 250 mg dose performed on par with 500 mg.

P<0.001
Joint & endothelial endpoints
6
Controlled human trials
Lopez H, et al. BMC Compl Alt Med, 2017, and the AyuFlex® clinical program. Natreon overview
Virtiva®
Ginkgo biloba + phosphatidylserine
RCT
Placebo-controlled, double-blind crossover · 28 healthy adults · plus an athlete cortisol study

Complexing Ginkgo with phosphatidylserine (the Virtiva® form) improved secondary memory and sped up memory-task performance where plain Ginkgo at the same dose did not, and all treatments improved calmness. A separate study in elite athletes found Virtiva® lowered stress-induced cortisol.

Memory speed & recall
Stress cortisol in athletes
Kennedy DO, et al. Hum Psychopharmacol, 2007. Read the study
Mirtoselect®
Bilberry, standardized whole-fruit extract
RCT + PK
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dry-eye trial, with a bioavailability comparison in rats

Mirtoselect® significantly improved tear secretion and antioxidant potential in people with dry-eye symptoms, most in those with the driest eyes. Its whole-fruit matrix delivered anthocyanins about four times more bioavailably than a purified anthocyanin fraction, evidence that the natural matrix, not just the marker compound, drives the effect.

Anthocyanin bioavailability
P=0.019
Tear secretion improvement
Riva A, Togni S, et al. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 2017. Read the study
XanthoSight®
Lutein, Zeaxanthin & Meso-Zeaxanthin
Clinical data
Clinical evidence on macular pigment and visual performance

The three macular carotenoids in XanthoSight® filter high-energy blue light and are clinically shown to raise macular pigment optical density in as little as six months, improving glare recovery, contrast sensitivity, and visual processing speed. Meso-zeaxanthin, the most potent of the three, is hard to obtain from diet alone.

Image slot: XanthoSight® "Improves Visual Performance" light-scatter comparison. Upload to Shopify CDN, then paste the URL here.
Stauber / XanthoSight® visual performance dossier and macular pigment research. Related study
PrimaVie®
Biome Optimized Shilajit, ≥50% fulvic acid
8 clinical studies
Eight human clinical studies · energy, endurance, recovery, healthy aging

Standardized to at least 50% fulvic acid, PrimaVie® is backed by eight clinical studies showing gains in ATP and endurance, upregulation of collagen-synthesis genes, and a lower inflammatory marker (hsCRP). The fulvic acid also enhances the bioavailability of the trace minerals it carries, an absorption story in its own right.

8
Clinical studies
≥50%
Fulvic acid standardization
Natreon PrimaVie® clinical dossier. Representative study