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Rhodiola Rosea.

Strong evidence, strong doseGaia Herbs, verified Oct 2026Formula verified. Independently reviewed.Independent review. Not commissioned by Gaia Herbs.

Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract is the lead active here, studied most for stress resilience. 17 human studies on Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract back this formula, each one cited. Each serving carries 120 mg of Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract, inside the range the published research used. Who it fits: for everyone, adults.

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2Active ingredientsWell studiedResearch base17Human studies
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The verdict
Strong evidence, strong dose
For everyone, adults.
How we verify

The brand submits the formula. We read the supplement facts panel and weigh dose, form and synergy against the clinical evidence. Labs test. IngredientMD verifies. The fee pays for review time, never for the outcome.

The formula
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract: Stress resilienceKey driver
Rosavins: Stress resilienceSupporting role

How we read this product

Source: Supplement facts
Supplement Facts panel for Rhodiola Rosea
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    We read the label.

    The panel on the left is the one we evaluated, line by line.

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    Every active, separately.

    All 2 actives checked against the clinical evidence: dose, form, and what the research actually shows.

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    Then the formula as a whole.

    Doses, ratios, and how the ingredients work together. That assessment is the verdict above: "Strong evidence, strong dose".

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    Earned, not bought.

    The verdict is public and identical whether or not a brand pays. A formula that does not clear the bar gets nothing.

Read by the engine against 2.1 million data points from clinical trials, PubMed and more than a hundred vetted sources. No individual reviewer is named or implied.

The receipts

Well studied
Research base
17
Human studies
120 mg
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract
120 mg per serving sits inside the studied 100 mg-400 mg range
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract, Ishaque 2012 meta-analysis + Olsson 2009 fatigue study
Read the evidenceSiberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract, the evidence →Rosavins, the evidence →

Inside the formula

Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract
17 studies
Stress resilience
Studied 100 mg to 680 mg a day
Key driver
Rosavins
Stress resilience
Supporting role
In context

The gap this formula speaks to.

Public health figures the engine matched to this formula's ingredients. Reported by their source, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

The people it speaks toFieldwork 2024

12% of US adults

regularly reported feelings of worry, nervousness, and anxiety in 2024, in the National Health Interview Survey.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2024
The people it speaks toFieldwork 2024

39% of adults worldwide

said they worried a lot the previous day, in the Gallup World Poll fielded in 2024 across 144 countries and territories.

Gallup, 2024
The people it speaks toFieldwork 2024

37% of adults worldwide

said they felt stressed the previous day, in the Gallup World Poll fielded in 2024 across 144 countries and territories.

Gallup, 2024
This formulaNHANES 2017-2018, published 2021

57.6%

During 2017 to 2018, 57.6% of US adults aged 20 and over reported using a dietary supplement in the past 30 days.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics
Daily usePublished 2024

59 to 66 days

was the median time it took adults to make a new daily health habit automatic across the studies a 2024 review pooled, with individuals ranging from 4 to 335 days.

Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024
6 more
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract

Randomised trial, 2000

In 56 physicians on night duty, a low daily dose improved a combined index of mental performance covering concentration, short-term memory and calculation over the first two weeks versus placebo.

Phytomedicine
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract

Systematic review, 2023

Improvements in perceived exertion and endurance measures were reported most often after a single acute dose of Rhodiola rosea, while repeated-dosing results were mixed.

Systematic review
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract

Systematic review, 2022

Across studies, rhodiola was linked to improvements in some exercise performance measures, though the trials varied a lot in design.

Frontiers in Nutrition
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract

Systematic review, 2012

Across 11 controlled trials, five reported that Rhodiola reduced physical or mental fatigue, though the reviewers rated the overall evidence mixed and limited by study quality.

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract

Systematic review, 2025

Across endurance trials, Rhodiola rosea showed inconsistent effects on performance and on the related blood markers, so no clear benefit could be established.

Systematic review
Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract

Randomised trial, 2009

In 60 adults with stress-related fatigue, 576 mg a day for 28 days improved attention and fatigue symptoms and lowered the cortisol response to waking versus placebo.

Planta Medica

Population figures from public health data. Context for the category, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

What this formula earned

Every one of these is a fact the engine could ground.

Each line below was derived from this formula's own record at the time of verification. Nothing here was written by the brand, and nothing can be added that the evidence does not carry.

  • Studied in people17 human studies on Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract back this formula, each one cited.
  • A mechanism that is settledHow Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract and Rosavins work is settled pharmacology.
  • Studied together, not just separatelyRosavins and Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract have been studied together, not only separately.
  • Recent work on the recordThe most recent study on this record was published in 2009.
  • Serving amount inside the studied rangeEach serving carries 120 mg of Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract, inside the range the published research used.
  • A stated daily maintenance amountSiberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract is here at a daily maintenance amount, which is what a daily supplement is for.
  • Why this formatIt is a capsule, so the amount per serving is fixed and travels without measuring.
  • The exact form, describedThe label names its forms exactly: Rhodiola rosea root extract, 3 percent rosavins and 1 percent salidroside, Rhodiola rosea root extract standardised to rosavins. The record says what each one is and what it suits.
  • Full label disclosureEvery ingredient on this label carries its own declared amount.
  • Where it comes from and how it is madeSiberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract is made by botanical.
  • Positions this formula already qualifies forThis formula already qualifies for positions beyond the one it is sold into, on the evidence it carries.
  • A position nobody is holding yetSome of those positions are ones almost nobody is selling to yet.
What the trials show

What the trials show about timing.

Time-to-effect windows the engine read from the trial record. Each is a window a named study measured, cited and dated, never written by the brand.

  • Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extractwithin the same test session after a single doseMeasured within a day

    A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial in 161 military cadets aged 19 to 21 measured capacity for mental work after a single dose of the standardised SHR-5 extract taken against a background of fatigue and stress. The antifatigue index was 1.0385 and 1.0195 for the two active doses against 0.9046 for placebo, a difference the authors report at p below 0.001 for both doses, with no significant difference between the two doses. The measure was a psychometric test score, not a subjective report.

    Early
  • Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extractabout two to four weeks of daily useBuilds with daily use

    Two placebo-controlled trials measured the same daily-use window from different ends. In a phase III parallel-group trial, 60 adults aged 20 to 55 diagnosed with fatigue syndrome took 576 mg per day of the SHR-5 extract or placebo, assessed on day 1 and after 28 days. The active group differed from placebo on the Pines burnout scale, on three attention indices, and on the saliva cortisol response to awakening. In a double-blind crossover trial, 56 physicians on night duty took one low-dose tablet daily and showed a significant improvement in mental fatigue tests during the first two-week period. Both trials were conducted with the extract manufacturer, the Swedish Herbal Institute, among the authors.

    Olsson et al., 2009PMID 19016404
    Promising

Windows measured in the cited trials. Context for how the active behaves over time, not a statement about any individual and not a claim about this product.

General timing

How each ingredient usually behaves over time.

Two ingredients, from each one's own page.

  • Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extractAbout a few hours

    Often a few hours for the first sense of calm focus, and clearer after three to seven days. The stress-tolerance shift is judged across two to four weeks.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

  • Rosavins

    Nobody has timed rosavin by itself. Studies of the whole root extract run one to four weeks of daily use before measuring anything.

    Its own page, the plain answer on timing

How each ingredient usually behaves over time, from its own page on IngredientMD. General timing for the ingredient, not a measurement of this product.

Format

Capsule

It is a capsule, so the amount per serving is fixed and travels without measuring.

Best forMost standard doses, and anywhere a short, clean label is the point.
From the same shelf

Studied alongside this brand's other formulas

Where two of this brand's products carry actives the literature has read together, the pairing and its basis are below. The evidence word is the corpus row's own confidence, never a score.

Ashwagandha Root + Rhodiola RoseaPromising

Rhodiola and withanolide-bearing ashwagandha are both described in adaptogen reviews as acting on stress-response signalling, including the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Rhodiola is usually taken in the morning and withanolides at either end of the day. The combination is a traditional and commercial pairing. The shared axis is the rationale, not a measured additive effect.

PMID 41901106

Questions shoppers ask

Is Rhodiola Rosea independently verified?
Yes. IngredientMD reviewed this formula independently and verified it in Oct 2026. The verdict is earned, not bought: brands can't edit or purchase it.
What's in Rhodiola Rosea?
Rhodiola Rosea is built on Siberian Rhodiola (Rhodiola rosea) root extract, Rosavins. Each ingredient links to its own evidence page on IngredientMD.
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