Moved from article I have removed the following content here for discussion because it does not appear to be supported by the cited reference The ompany Novion found that the anabolic effects protodioscine significantly enhanced in the presence of ecdysterone The mechanism of this phenomenon is associated with stimulation of the synthesis of endogenous testosterone and displacement of ecdysterone endogenous testosterone from a place of its binding to a protein SGBH This protein reduces the effects of testosterone Thus increased activity stimulated protodioscine testosterone which could have important applications in sports cite journal doi 10 1016 j bmc 2009 07 011 author Harada T Nakagawa Y Akamatsu M Miyagawa H title Evaluation of hydrogen bonds of ecdysteroids in the ligand receptor interactions using a protein modeling system journal Bioorg Med Chem year 2009 volume 17 issue 16 pages 5868 pmid 19631551