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The formula

AlphaSteel Ingredients: Seven Actives and the Milligrams on the Label

Quick answer

AlphaSteel carries seven actives in every two-capsule serving, 118 mg in all: saw palmetto berry, wild yam root, sarsaparilla root and nettle leaf at 20 mg each, boron amino acid chelate at 20 mg, tongkat ali at 10 mg from a 100:1 extract and horny goat weed at 8 mg from a 10:1 extract.

Below, each one gets a card, and the amount each study used sits beside the label figure.

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Listing art headed Inside AlphaSteel: the bottle surrounded by seven ingredient panels, saw palmetto, nettle, wild yam, sarsaparilla, boron, tongkat ali and horny goat weed
Inside AlphaSteel The supplier’s art sets all seven actives around the bottle. The amounts it leaves out are on the cards below.
The formula

The seven AlphaSteel actives, in the order the label prints them

Six botanicals and one mineral. Each card carries the amount printed for one two-capsule serving, the plant part or form, and what the ingredient is.

Berry

Saw palmetto

Serenoa repens · Berry extract

20 mgper 2-capsule serving

The berry of a small palm native to the southeastern United States, and a long-standing name in men's formulas.

Root

Wild yam

Dioscorea villosa · Root extract

20 mgper 2-capsule serving

A North American climbing yam whose root carries diosgenin, a plant steroid compound.

Root

Sarsaparilla

Smilax glabra · Root extract

20 mgper 2-capsule serving

The Chinese sarsaparilla species, a traditional root studied mostly in the laboratory.

Leaf

Nettle

Urtica dioica · Leaf extract

20 mgper 2-capsule serving

Stinging nettle leaf, which has a separate research record from nettle root.

Mineral

Boron

amino acid chelate · Mineral chelate

20 mgper 2-capsule serving

A trace mineral bound to amino acids; the panel prints 20 mg for the chelate.

100:1 extract

Tongkat ali

Eurycoma longifolia · 100:1 extract

10 mgper 2-capsule serving

A Southeast Asian plant, printed as a 100:1 extract equal to about 1,000 mg of dry powder.

10:1 extract

Horny goat weed

Epimedium sagittatum · 10:1 extract

8 mgper 2-capsule serving

An Epimedium species whose flavonoids, icariin among them, are studied in the laboratory.

By weight

How the 118 mg in an AlphaSteel serving divides

Five rows weigh the same, 16.9% of the serving each; the two lighter ones are the concentrated extracts.

118 mgof actives per two-capsule servingseven printed rows
80 mgfour plant extracts20 mg each: berry, root, root, leaf
20 mgboron amino acid chelatethe mineral row, 16.9% of the serving
18 mgtwo concentrated extracts10 mg at 100:1, 8 mg at 10:1
Reading the ratios

What 100:1 and 10:1 mean on the AlphaSteel panel

Two rows on the AlphaSteel label carry a concentration ratio. Both print the dry-powder equivalent, which is easy to misread as the dose: 10 mg of tongkat ali extract is 10 mg in the capsule, and 1,000 mg is the powder it came from.

100:1

Tongkat ali, 10 mg at 100:1

Equivalent to approximately 1,000 mg of dry tongkat ali powder: a hundred parts of raw plant went into each part of extract.

10:1

Horny goat weed, 8 mg at 10:1

Equivalent to approximately 80 mg of dry horny goat weed powder, from the named species Epimedium sagittatum.

Plain weight

The five 20 mg rows

Saw palmetto, wild yam, sarsaparilla, nettle and the boron chelate are plain weights. What you read is what the serving holds.

On the bottle

The AlphaSteel panel these cards are read from

The full AlphaSteel label unrolled: suggested use and caution on the left, the front in the middle, the Supplement Facts panel on the right
The AlphaSteel label, unrolled Suggested use and caution on the left, the front label in the middle and the Supplement Facts panel on the right. Every amount on this page is read off the right-hand panel.
What the panel prints

Two capsules a serving, 30 servings a container: a 60-capsule bottle lasts a month. Each active has its own line and a dagger in the Daily Value column, because none has a Daily Value. The Supplement Facts page re-types the whole label.

  • Serving size 2 capsules
  • 30 servings per container
  • 60 capsules per bottle
  • 118 mg of actives per serving
Research against the label

Published research amounts beside the AlphaSteel label

The amount each study gave, beside the amount one AlphaSteel serving carries, row by row.

What the cited research used, against one AlphaSteel serving
Ingredient, as the label prints itWhat the cited research usedPer AlphaSteel serving
Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) berry extract320 mg a day, raised to 640 and 960 mg over 72 weeks, in men with urinary symptoms. No better than placebo (Barry 2011).20 mg
Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) root extractA topical cream for 3 months in 23 menopausal women. No hormone change (Komesaroff 2001). No oral trial in men is cited.20 mg
Sarsaparilla (Smilax glabra) root extractNo human dose trial. Reviews describe crude-extract laboratory work and a lack of clinical studies (Wu 2022).20 mg
Nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf extractLeaf reviews find anti-inflammatory signals without clinical proof (Chrubasik 2007). The prostate trials used the root, a different plant part.20 mg
Boron amino acid chelateElemental boron: 2.5 mg a day for 7 weeks, no effect (Ferrando 1993); 10 mg a day for one week in 8 men (Naghii 2011). Adult upper limit 20 mg a day of boron (NIH ODS).20 mg of the chelate compound
Tongkat ali (Eurycoma longifolia), 100:1 extract200 mg of extract a day for 6 months, with training, in men with age-related androgen deficiency (Leitão 2021).10 mg of a 100:1 extract, labelled as equal to about 1,000 mg of dry tongkat ali powder
Horny goat weed (Epimedium sagittatum), 10:1 extractNo human trial cited. Its flavonoids inhibit the PDE5 enzyme in laboratory assays (Dell'Agli 2008; Li 2022).8 mg of a 10:1 extract, labelled as equal to about 80 mg of dry horny goat weed powder

Every figure in the research column is the amount a published study gave. The AlphaSteel column is what the label prints for one two-capsule serving. The two are different kinds of fact.

Smaller than the studies

Across the rows the research figure is the larger one, usually by a wide margin, and the saw palmetto and tongkat ali trials were run in men with a diagnosis (Barry 2011; Leitão 2021). No result is scaled down to fit.

Two rows to read closely

The boron row weighs the whole chelate compound, while the NIH upper limit counts elemental boron only. Nettle is leaf; the root review covers the part used in the urinary-symptom research.

The capsule

The three other ingredients in an AlphaSteel capsule

The other ingredients line on the AlphaSteel label names what fills the capsule.

Gelatin

The capsule shell. Gelatin is animal-derived, which matters to anyone who avoids animal products.

Microcrystalline cellulose

Purified plant cellulose, a filler that lets 118 mg fill two capsules evenly.

Magnesium stearate

A flow agent that stops powder sticking to the filling machinery.

Ten ingredients, all named

Seven actives plus microcrystalline cellulose, gelatin, magnesium stearate: ten ingredients, every one named.

Questions

AlphaSteel ingredients: common questions

How many ingredients are in AlphaSteel?

Ten in all: seven actives with printed amounts, 118 mg per two-capsule serving, and three capsule materials, microcrystalline cellulose, gelatin and magnesium stearate.

Is AlphaSteel a proprietary blend?

No. Each of the seven actives has its own milligram figure on the Supplement Facts panel: five rows at 20 mg, tongkat ali at 10 mg and horny goat weed at 8 mg.

What does “100:1 extract” mean on the AlphaSteel label?

It describes the starting material. The label says the 10 mg of tongkat ali comes from a 100:1 extract, equivalent to approximately 1,000 mg of dry tongkat ali powder. The capsule itself holds 10 mg of that extract.

Which nettle is in AlphaSteel, leaf or root?

Leaf: Nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf extract, 20 mg. Root results are never borrowed for it here.

Who writes this

How the AlphaSteel ingredient cards are checked

Each card is read off the printed Supplement Facts panel: the name, the Latin name and plant part where the panel gives one, and the amount for two capsules. The research line names who or what was studied. Trial amounts appear once, in the table’s research column, beside the label figure.

We earn when you buy. Alphaesteel is the USA Authorized AlphaSteel Retailer and this website makes money on orders placed through it. Order support on +1 (302) 200-3480 handles tracking, changes and refunds and is never a way to place an order; orders go through the checkout only. Corrections go to [email protected] and move the review date forward.

Written and reviewed by the Alphaesteel Editorial Desk

Every page, every journal post, the bottle facts and the ingredients go through review by Dr. Helen Bernie, DO, MPH before they ship. We write these pages from the printed AlphaSteel label and its Supplement Facts panel, the supplier’s product and order information, this desk’s own order records, and the published research on each of the seven actives. The label prints every amount, so we print them too, and we keep the amounts used in published studies in a column of their own so the two are never read as the same fact. Where the supplier’s artwork claims more than the label supports, we say so on the page. Corrections are made on the page itself and the review date moves forward. Write to [email protected]. Last reviewed September 2026 by Dr. Helen Bernie, DO, MPH.

Sources

Sources for the AlphaSteel ingredients

  1. Barry MJ, Meleth S, Lee JY, Kreder KJ, Avins AL, Nickel JC, et al. Effect of increasing doses of saw palmetto extract on lower urinary tract symptoms: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2011;306(12):1344-51. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1364 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21954478/
  2. Komesaroff PA, Black CV, Cable V, Sudhir K. Effects of wild yam extract on menopausal symptoms, lipids and sex hormones in healthy menopausal women. Climacteric. 2001;4(2):144-50. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11428178/
  3. Wu H, Wang Y, Zhang B, Li YL, Ren ZX, Huang JJ, et al. Smilax glabra Roxb.: A Review of Its Traditional Usages, Phytochemical Constituents, Pharmacological Properties, and Clinical Applications. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2022;16:3621-3643. doi:10.2147/DDDT.S374439 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36277602/
  4. Chrubasik JE, Roufogalis BD, Wagner H, Chrubasik SA. A comprehensive review on nettle effect and efficacy profiles, Part I: herba urticae. Phytomedicine. 2007;14(6):423-35. doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2007.03.004 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17493795/
  5. Chrubasik JE, Roufogalis BD, Wagner H, Chrubasik S. A comprehensive review on the stinging nettle effect and efficacy profiles. Part II: urticae radix. Phytomedicine. 2007;14(7-8):568-79. doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2007.03.014 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17509841/
  6. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Boron: Fact Sheet for Health Professionals. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Boron-HealthProfessional/
  7. Naghii MR, Mofid M, Asgari AR, Hedayati M, Daneshpour MS. Comparative effects of daily and weekly boron supplementation on plasma steroid hormones and proinflammatory cytokines. J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2011;25(1):54-8. doi:10.1016/j.jtemb.2010.10.001 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21129941/
  8. Ferrando AA, Green NR. The effect of boron supplementation on lean body mass, plasma testosterone levels, and strength in male bodybuilders. Int J Sport Nutr. 1993;3(2):140-9. doi:10.1123/ijsn.3.2.140 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8508192/
  9. Leitão AE, Vieira MCS, Pelegrini A, da Silva EL, Guimarães ACA. A 6-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial to evaluate the effect of Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali) and concurrent training on erectile function and testosterone levels in androgen deficiency of aging males (ADAM). Maturitas. 2021;145:78-85. doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.12.002 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33541567/
  10. Dell'Agli M, Galli GV, Dal Cero E, Belluti F, Matera R, Zironi E, et al. Potent inhibition of human phosphodiesterase-5 by icariin derivatives. J Nat Prod. 2008;71(9):1513-7. doi:10.1021/np800049y https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18778098/
  11. Li J, Wu Y, Yu X, Zheng X, Xian J, Li S, et al. Isolation, bioassay and 3D-QSAR analysis of 8-isopentenyl flavonoids from Epimedium sagittatum maxim. as PDE5A inhibitors. Chin Med. 2022;17(1):147. doi:10.1186/s13020-022-00705-5 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36587222/
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