People mainly take Ursolic Acid for recovery. Based on 5 first-hand reports and 15 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #1498 of 1,974 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 0% 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.
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PubMed 25893368 ↗Conclusion: Discussion: Findings from both animal and in vitro studies suggest that ursolic acid decreases inflammatory cytokine levels, elevates antioxidant enzyme levels, and reduces oxidative stress levels (graphical abstract). This meta-analysis furnishes compelling evidence for the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of ursolic acid.
PubMed 37841938 ↗Conclusion: Results: The pooled effect size showed that UA supplementation didn't significantly change body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, body fat percentage, lean body mass, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, insulin, triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein compared with control groups. Conclusion: UA supplementation had no significant effect on the cardiometabolic risk factors in adults.
PubMed 38923885 ↗Conclusion: In the literature, we found that several physiological and molecular mechanisms are implicated in the effects of ursolic acid on obesity, energy expenditure, hepatic steatosis, skeletal muscle mass loss and physical fitness, such as (1) increase of thermogenesis by modulation adipocyte transcription factors, activation of 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase and overexpression of the uncoupling protein 1 thermogenic marker; (2) enhancement of skeletal muscle mass by activation in bloodstream growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 concentrations secretion, as well as in
PubMed 28335087 ↗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.
“switched my fruit variety for "fast carb" preworkouts to just apples alone for the ursolic acid content”
“ursolic acid is thought to protect the myelin sheath, this might be especially hopeful for people with MS.”
“Ursolic acid, and with some determination of the non-ursolic acid fraction if <99%.”
“125mg ursolic acid, from 250mg rosemary extract”
“125mg ursolic acid (from 250 mg rosemary leaf extract): the recovery side”
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