Not verified
“Akarkara Spl. (special) grade”
No definition of what Spl. means is given anywhere on the listing. Treat it as branding, not a quality tier.
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Yuvika Herbs
YUVIKA Akarkara Spl. - Anacyclus Pyrethrum - Pellitory Root (200 Grams) Review
6.6/10SAC Product Score™
! CONSIDERThe restock economics winner
SAC Product Score™ — how it breaks down
- Label identity & botanical naming30%7.0
- Processing transparency25%5.5
- Dose reproducibility20%4.0
- Cost per gram15%9.5
- Availability10%8.5
- Buy ifYou already tolerate Akarkara and are restocking
- Buy ifPrice per gram is your deciding criterion
- Skip ifThis is your first purchase - start with a smaller tin
- Skip ifYou want any processing or origin information on the label
Read the full analysis
Yuvika's 200 g tin is the rational restock: at $0.087 per gram it is the cheapest genuine Anacyclus pyrethrum powder we found on US Amazon - roughly a third of the priciest listing for the same raw material. The ingredient list is a single honest line. What you give up is information: no processing claims, no purity statements, no origin. As a first purchase we point you to a smaller tin instead; as a repeat purchase for a known-tolerated root, nothing beats this price.
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How we built the SAC Product Score™ — 6.6/10
Label identity & botanical naming30%7/10
Ingredient line reads simply akarkara with the botanical name in the title - adequate but minimal identity.
Processing transparency25%5.5/10
No processing or purity claims at all - the label is silent where bixa BOTANICAL speaks.
Dose reproducibility20%4/10
Loose powder, no standardisation - the category-wide 4.0 on dose control.
Cost per gram15%9.5/10
$0.087 per gram is the field's floor for genuine Akarkara - the criterion this product wins outright.
Availability10%8.5/10
In stock in both 100 g and 200 g sizes; Yuvika lists the widest Akarkara range on Amazon.
The product at a glance
- Form
- Loose root powder
- Size
- 200 g
- Cost per gram
- $0.087
- Standardisation
- None stated
- Price
- $17.39
Marketing claims vs. reality
Verified
“Single-ingredient akarkara”
The ingredient list is one line. Nothing else is claimed - which is honest, if uninformative.
What our test actually found
01The price anchor of the field
Every other listing must justify its premium against this tin. Only bixa BOTANICAL (fuller label) and EcoVista (starter size) manage to.
02Silence is the trade-off
The label makes no claims to check - good in that nothing is overstated, bad in that nothing is verifiable beyond the ingredient line.
Pros & cons, no sugar-coating
Pros
- $0.087 per gram — the cheapest genuine Akarkara powder we found
- 200 g at $17.39; the same brand's 100 g tin costs $10.56, so the big tin is the better deal
- Ingredient list is a single line: akarkara
Cons
- No processing or purity claims at all
- Loose powder, no dose control
- No origin statement
The restock economics winner
The rational restock if you already know you tolerate it. As a first purchase, take the brand's 100 g tin instead.
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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.