Ingredient by ingredient
The six Harmo Brain ingredients, in panel order
The panel prints the blend in a fixed order, from magnesium glycinate to CoQ10. Magnesium carries its own amount; the other five share the 575 mg total with it. The tag on each card names its half of the formula.
Magnesium (as magnesium glycinate)
80 mg magnesium · 19% DV
The one ingredient with its own printed amount.
Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems, including the ones behind muscle and nerve function, and the body needs it for energy production. Glycinate is magnesium bound to the amino acid glycine. 80 mg is 19% of the Daily Value, well under the 350 mg a day adults are advised not to exceed from supplements.
Label: Magnesium 80 mg, as Magnesium Glycinate from proprietary blend
Alpha lipoic acid
Share of the 575 mg blend
A cofactor for energy enzymes in mitochondria.
Alpha lipoic acid is made in small amounts by the body and works as a cofactor for enzyme complexes inside mitochondria, the parts of a cell that turn food into usable energy. It is one of the three mitochondrial names on this label.
Label: Alpha Lipoic Acid, in the proprietary blend
Butcher's broom root extract
Share of the 575 mg blend
The circulation botanical on the panel.
Butcher's broom is a perennial shrub native to the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions whose root and rhizome extracts have been used in European vein products for more than 50 years. Its research sits in chronic venous insufficiency, which concerns the veins of the legs, and it is the circulatory half of this formula.
Label: Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) Root Extract, in the proprietary blend
L-carnitine
Share of the 575 mg blend
Carries fatty acids into mitochondria.
L-carnitine shuttles fatty acids into mitochondria so they can be burned for energy. The liver and kidneys make enough for most healthy people, and meat and dairy supply more. Acetyl-L-carnitine is a separate compound in the same family; this label prints plain L-carnitine.
Label: L-Carnitine, in the proprietary blend
Turmeric extract (95% curcuminoids)
Share of the 575 mg blend
A standardised extract of the spice root.
Turmeric is the ginger-family root that gives curry its colour; curcuminoids are the compounds its research focuses on, and this extract is standardised to 95% of them. Curcumin taken by mouth is poorly absorbed, and the panel lists no absorption partner such as black pepper extract.
Label: Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Rhizome Extract 95% Curcuminoids, in the proprietary blend
Coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone)
Share of the 575 mg blend
Part of the mitochondrial energy chain.
Coenzyme Q10 is part of the electron transport chain inside mitochondria and is made in every cell. Ubiquinone is its oxidised form. It is fat-soluble and absorbed slowly: blood levels peak about six hours after a dose, with a half-life of about 33 hours.
Label: Coenzyme Q10 (as Ubiquinone), in the proprietary blend