Ross said:
Nope, that is one major reason why Ecdysterone is "Mother Nature's favorite steroid".
not supressive because "ecdysteroids are completely innocuous in mammals"
"Identification of ligands and coligands for the ecdysone-regulated gene switch."
Saez E, Nelson MC, Eshelman B, Banayo E, Koder A, Cho GJ, Evans RM.
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
The presence of ecdysone molecules in the plant kingdom is nearly universal. Plants use ecdysteroids as natural insecticides, [
B]yet ecdysteroids are completely innocuous in mammals[/B]. Despite their steroidal skeleton, they have no teratogenic, sex-hormonal, anabolic, or analgesic properties. Moreover, humans consume large amounts of dietary ecdysteroids without such effects. For example, fresh spinach contains over 100 µg/g of 20-hydroxyecdysone. In rats, daily administration of 2 g/kg of ecdysteroid for 35 days has no effect on serum chemistry or organ weight.
Ingested ecdysteroids survive the acidic conditions of the stomach, are quickly taken up, are promptly removed from the bloodstream, and are disposed of primarily through biliary excretion into the intestine.
found on
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/bodybuilding-supplements/finally-truth-about-ecdysterone-689.html