Defend and Resist Complex

What’s inside

The notable ingredients in this formula and what each one is.

• Larch tree (Larix occidentalis) heartwood extract herbal extract

  50 mg per tablet (standardized to contain 85% arabinogalactans)

  An extract of the heartwood of the western larch tree, standardized to 85% arabinogalactans, a class of branched polysaccharide (soluble dietary fiber).

• Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) extract herbal extract

  39 mg per tablet (standardized to contain 6.5% anthocyanins)

  A black elderberry extract standardized to 6.5% anthocyanins, the flavonoid pigments that give elderberry fruit its dark colour.

• Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) juice concentrate (fruit) herbal extract

  38.5 mg per tablet (standardized to 50% juice solids)

  Concentrated juice from black elderberry fruit, standardized to 50% juice solids.

• Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) 3:2 herb and root extract herbal extract

  28 mg per tablet (provides 84 mg dried herb and 56 mg dried root equivalent)

  A 3:2 extract of the aerial parts (herb) and root of purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).

• Zinc (zinc gluconate) mineral

  2.75 mg per tablet

  Elemental zinc supplied as zinc gluconate, the zinc salt of gluconic acid.

• Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) leaf extract sweetener

  2.5 mg per tablet (standardized to contain 85% steviosides)

  An extract of stevia leaf standardized to 85% steviosides; a non-caloric plant-derived sweetener.

• Magnesium stearate other ingredient

  The magnesium salt of stearic acid; used as a tablet lubricant and flow agent.

• Maltose other ingredient

  A disaccharide sugar (two glucose units).

• Microcrystalline cellulose other ingredient

  Purified, partially depolymerized plant cellulose; used as a binder and bulking agent.

• Silicon dioxide other ingredient

  Silica; used as an anti-caking and flow agent.