People mainly take Cyanidin 3-Glucoside for performance, recovery, pain & inflammation. Based on 4 first-hand reports and 5 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #775 of 1,974 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 100% are positive.
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Conclusion: ACNs detected in animal tissues, such as cyanidin-3-glucoside, suggest it may have an important role in human health. This information could be useful to determine proper ACN-intake biomarkers in biological samples in futures studies.
PubMed 30345762 ↗Conclusion: The pigmented rice is mainly black, red, and dark purple rice, and contains a variety of peonidin-3-glucoside, cyanidin-3-glucoside, γ-oryzanol, γ-tocotrienol, proanthocyanidin, cinnamic acid, and anthocyanins that may act as pro-apoptotic, anti-proliferative, and anti-metastasis of the breast cancer cells. Conclusion: Pigmented rice is a beneficial food which possessed bioactive compounds that may have significant potential concerning a breast cancer.
PubMed 37854873 ↗Conclusion: Current evidence suggests that cyanidin-3-glucoside is a potential biomarker of anthocyanin-rich berry intake in plasma and urine of healthy humans.
PubMed 31858139 ↗Conclusion: C3G shows considerable promise as an antidiabetic agent as it improved glucose, insulin, and HbA1c concentrations in animal models of diabetes. Given these encouraging findings, there is a need for more robust clinical trials to validate its antidiabetic effect and assess its superiority, inferiority, or otherwise to standard antidiabetic agents. This trial was registered at PROSPERO as CRD420251078672.
PubMed 41371544 ↗As stated by users — not a recommendation. Follow the label or your doctor.
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.
“This simple compound in a sufficient dosage is straight-up life changing. I've been taking it for years and completely changed my body composition”
“Looking forward to trying this one alongside Epicatechin”
“when I don't use C3G, I always have insane stomach pain.”
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