Best ingredients for inflammation

Fish oil concentrate is a refined marine oil enriched in the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

Typical: 500–2,000 mg

A concentrated turmeric rhizome extract standardized to 95% curcuminoids, the form used in most joint and inflammation research.

Typical: 500–1,500 mg

A concentrated extract of ginger rhizome standardized to gingerols, the pungent compounds responsible for most of its studied effects.

Typical: 250–1,000 mg

MSM is an organic sulfur compound found in small amounts in plants, milk, and the body.

Typical: 1,500–3,000 mg

Krill oil is extracted from Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a small crustacean.

Typical: 500–2,000 mg

A gum resin extract from the Boswellia serrata tree standardized to total boswellic acids, used in joint-comfort formulas often alongside curcumin.

Typical: 300–500 mg

A branded curcumin delivery form in which curcuminoids are complexed with sunflower lecithin (a phytosome) to improve uptake.

Typical: 500–1,000 mg

Black seed oil is cold-pressed from Nigella sativa seeds, a spice with a long history of traditional use across the Middle East and South Asia.

Typical: 500–2,000 mg

Bromelain is a mixture of protein-digesting enzymes extracted from pineapple stem.

Typical: 200–500 mg

The whole dried and ground rhizome of the turmeric plant, the same material used as a culinary spice.

Typical: 1,000–3,000 mg

A boswellia gum resin extract enriched to 30% AKBA, the boswellic acid considered most active against 5-lipoxygenase.

Typical: 100–250 mg

Flaxseed oil is cold-pressed from flax (Linum usitatissimum) seeds and is the richest common plant source of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), a short-chain omega-3 that typically makes up 50-60% of the oil.

Typical: 1,000–3,000 mg

A branded curcumin formulation in which curcumin is embedded in solid lipid particles to protect it from degradation in the gut and support delivery of free curcumin into circulation.

Typical: 400–800 mg

Evening primrose oil is pressed from the seeds of Oenothera biennis and is valued for its gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), an omega-6 fatty acid that usually makes up 8-10% of the oil, with linoleic acid as the bulk.

Typical: 500–1,300 mg

Eggshell membrane is the thin protein layer between an egg's shell and white.

Typical: 500 mg

A branded turmeric extract that recombines curcuminoids with turmeric essential oil (turmerones) rather than using a synthetic carrier.

Typical: 500–1,000 mg

Tributyrin is a triglyceride made of three butyrate molecules bound to glycerol.

Typical: 300–1,000 mg

A branded curcumin form that uses a hydrophilic carrier to make curcuminoids water-dispersible.

Typical: 250–500 mg

Devil's claw is a southern African plant whose secondary root tubers contain harpagoside and related iridoid glycosides.

Typical: 600–1,200 mg

White willow bark is the botanical ancestor of aspirin.

Typical: 800–1,600 mg

Borage oil is pressed from the seeds of Borago officinalis and is the most concentrated common plant source of gamma-linolenic acid, typically around 20% GLA, roughly twice the level in evening primrose oil.

Typical: 500–1,000 mg

Tocotrienols are the four unsaturated members of the vitamin E family (alpha, beta, gamma, delta), distinguished from tocopherols by a three-double-bond side chain that lets them move through membranes more freely.

Papain is a cysteine protease obtained from the latex of unripe papaya fruit.

Typical: 100–300 mg

Luteolin is a flavone found in celery, parsley, peppers, and chamomile that is studied for mast-cell stabilization and neuro-inflammatory signaling.

Typical: 100 mg