Not verified
“Irani (Iranian-origin) roots”
The claim is stated plainly but no certification or audit trail exists. In this category origin claims are taken on trust or not at all.
Akarkara | Irani Roots | Anacyclus Pyrethrum अकरकरा 100g Review
SAC StudioOrigin claim: IranSKIP
4.5/10SAC Product Score™
How the score breaks downHide breakdown
SAC Product Score™ — how it breaks down
- Label identity & botanical naming30%3.0
- Processing transparency25%3.0
- Dose reproducibility20%4.0
- Cost per gram15%8.0
- Availability10%8.0
Provenance claim, no label to check
$14.60Check on Amazon →
✓ Buy if…
- The Devanagari naming in the listing title is enough of a signal for you, on its own, without label confirmation
- You're comparing tin sizes and $0.146/g fits your budget regardless of provenance
✗ Skip if…
- You want any confirmation of what's actually printed on the physical label - none is shown in this listing
- You want certified or audited origin - no Akarkara listing offers that
Read the full analysis
✗ Also skip if…
- Price per gram is your priority - Yuvika is 40% cheaper
In the Unani and Ayurvedic traditions, Iranian-origin Akarkara (Akarkara Irani) is considered the authentic article, and HerboMeds is the listing that states it most plainly - naming अकरकरा alongside the Latin binomial right in the product title. At $0.146 per gram in a 100 g tin, you pay a modest premium for that provenance claim. Understand what you are paying for: no certification body verifies botanical origin claims on Amazon listings, and this listing carries no packaging photo either - we could not check whether any of it appears on a physical label. If tradition-correct sourcing language matters to you, this is its clearest expression in text; if not, cheaper tins hold the same unstandardised, unverifiable root powder.
How we built the SAC Product Score™ — 4.5/10
Label identity & botanical naming30%3/10
No packaging or label photo exists in this listing - both gallery images show loose root powder on a plain background, nothing else. The title states the Latin binomial, common name and Devanagari script, but nothing confirms any of it appears on a physical label. Scored low: unverified, unlike bixa BOTANICAL's label, which we could actually check.
Processing transparency25%3/10
The listing states no processing information, and there is no packaging photo to check whether a physical label says more. We can't credit transparency we have not verified - scored at the bottom of the category range.
Dose reproducibility20%4/10
Loose powder, no standardisation - the category-wide 4.0 on dose control.
Cost per gram15%8/10
$0.146 per gram sits mid-field - reasonable for a 100 g tin with a provenance claim.
Availability10%8/10
In stock on our check date with steady availability history.
The product at a glance
- Label check
- Not verifiable — no legible Supplement Facts photo in the listing (checked Sep 7, 2026)
- Form
- Loose root powder
- Size
- 100 g
- Cost per gram
- $0.146
- Standardisation
- Not verifiable — no label photo in the listing
- Price
- $14.60
Marketing claims vs. reality
Verified
“Authentic अकरकरा”
अकरकरा appears in the product's own listing title - a genuine signal of a tradition-focused supplier. No packaging photo confirms whether it also appears on a physical label, and presence in the title is not proof of origin.
What our test actually found
01Label not verifiable: no packaging photo in the listing
An earlier version of this review said the Irani-origin and Devanagari naming were printed on the label, and scored the identity/naming and processing criteria as if that label had been seen. The listing's only two gallery images show loose root powder on a plain background - no packaging, no printed panel of any kind. We re-checked the listing on Sep 7, 2026 and could not confirm what any physical label says, or whether the tin even carries one. We corrected the lead, tldr, pros/cons, verdict, and two criteria scores (label identity & botanical naming, processing transparency) to attribute the Irani and Devanagari claims to the listing title - which we can read - rather than to a label we have never seen.
02Provenance is the entire premium
Against Yuvika at $0.087/g you pay ~68% more per gram. Everything else being equal - form, standardisation, evidence - the Irani claim is what the difference buys.
03Tradition-correct, evidence-silent
The listing speaks the vocabulary of Unani sourcing but, like the whole field, carries no human efficacy data.
Pros & cons, no sugar-coating
Pros
- States Irani-origin roots right in the listing title
- Names अकरकरा (Devanagari) alongside the Latin binomial in the title
- $0.146/g in a 100 g tin
Cons
- Origin claim is not certified
- No packaging or label photo in the listing - nothing printed to check the title's claims against
- Loose powder, no standardisation
The provenance claim you can't check
HerboMeds names Irani-origin roots and अकरकरा in Devanagari right in its title - the plainest traditional-authenticity language in this comparison. But the listing shows no packaging or label photo at all, only loose root powder, so none of it is confirmed beyond the title text. Pay the modest premium only if that title-level claim is enough for you; if you want anything closer to proof, no Akarkara listing offers it, and this one gives you less to look at than most.
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Sources & further reading
- Sharma V, Thakur M, Chauhan NS, Dixit VK. Androgenic and spermatogenic activity of alkylamide-rich ethanol solution extract of Anacyclus pyrethrum DC. Phytother Res. 2013;27(1):99-106.Sharma V, Thakur M, Chauhan NS, Dixit VK · 2013 · Phytotherapy Research · PMID 22473789
Androgenic and spermatogenic activity of alkylamide-rich ethanol solution extract of Anacyclus pyrethrum DC.
An alkylamide-rich ethanol extract showed androgenic and spermatogenic activity in rats. Animal model - not tested in humans.
- Sharma V, Thakur M, Chauhan NS, Dixit VK. Effects of petroleum ether extract of Anacyclus pyrethrum DC. on sexual behavior in male rats. Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2010;8(8):767-73.Sharma V, Thakur M, Chauhan NS, Dixit VK · 2010 · Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine · PMID 20727332
Effects of petroleum ether extract of Anacyclus pyrethrum DC. on sexual behavior in male rats
Changes in sexual behaviour in male rats. Animal model.
- Elazzouzi H, Soro A, Elhilali F, Bentayeb A, El Belghiti MA, Zair T. Phytochemistry, Biological and Pharmacological Activities of the Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Lag: A Systematic Review. Plants (Basel). 2022;11(19):2578.Elazzouzi H, Soro A, Elhilali F, Bentayeb A, El Belghiti MA, Zair T · 2022 · Plants · PMID 36235444
Phytochemistry, Biological and Pharmacological Activities of the Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Lag: A Systematic Review
Systematic review of the phytochemistry; summarises animal and in vitro work and names the absence of clinical data.