The new research was published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry. It was the work of experts associated with teh manufacturer of the Indian/American firm Trivedi Global, based in Henderson, NV and Thane, India. The company funded the study.
The research material was a formula known as TRI 360. It consists of vitamin A, as beta carotene (833 IU), vitamin B6 (0.75 mg), vitamin B12 (3.5 μg), vitamin C (25 mg), vitamin D3 (400 IU), vitamin E (11 IU), calcium chloride (50 mg), iron sulfate (3.5 mg), magnesium gluconate (20 mg), zinc chloride (5 mg), sodium selenate (12.5 μg), and ginseng powder (100 mg).
The study, according to the authors, ws structured as a “randomized, active-controlled, open-label, single-center, parallel-group design.” It was presumably conducted at the company’s research facility in India although that wasn’t specified in the research report, as all of the study participants were listed as ‘Asian’ in terms of their ethnicity.
Blizzard of psychological factors assessed
Subjects were younger, aged about 25 to 40, and included both males and females. The subject were generally healthy, and ranged from slender to moderately obese. All of the subjects chosen for the study reported at least one stress-related complaint, such as sleep disturbances, anxiety, depression, fatigue and others.
In the end, the researchers recruited 42 subjects for each arm of the study. Each group consisted of 24 men and 18 women. The groups consumed either one TRI 360 capsule or a placebo both morning and night for 180 days.