Griffonex 5-HTP
by Health Concerns · capsule · 90 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 8 10034 44069 3
- DSLD label 340538
- Serving 1 capsule
- 90 servings
Griffonex 5-HTP by Health Concerns lists one ingredient: 50 mg of griffonia simplicifolia seed extract per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2025.
What is in Griffonex 5-HTP?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffonia simplicifolia Seed Extractas 5-Hydroxytryptophan99% 5-hydroxytryptophan | 50 mg | 50% of 44 products listing griffonia give more (median 50.25 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 340538 (entered September 25, 2025), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.
Is that a lot?
Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.
The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.
The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.
Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.
Which products have the closest formulas?
3 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- 5-Hydroxy-Tryptophan (100 mg)Priority One Nutritional Supplements same ingredients
- 5-HtpHerbadiet same ingredients
- 5-HTP 100 mgNatural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage same ingredients
- L-5-HTP 100 mgVitabase 1 shared, 67% alike
- 5-HTP Standardized Griffonia Extract 100 mgMartin Avenue Pharmacy 1 shared, 67% alike
- European L-5 HTP 100 mgCHK Nutrition 1 shared, 67% alike
Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.
What does the label say about taking it?
Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.
- Directions
- Suggested Use: One capsule between meals, or 45 minutes before bed, or as recommended by your health care practitioner.
- Warnings
- Notice: As with any dietary supplement, do not take without first consulting your health care practitioner, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or are under medical supervision for any reason.
- Keep out of reach of children.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 340538.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice, Hypromellose.
How many labels does Griffonex 5-HTP have?
4 labels are on file under this name since September 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 340538 (current) Entered September 25, 2025 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 8 10034 44069 3
- Label 259325 Entered January 22, 2022 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 8 10034 44069 3
- Label 73008 Entered April 25, 2017 · on the market · 90 capsules
- Label 25579 Entered September 25, 2013 · off the market March 21, 2017 · 90 capsules
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Health Concerns (manufacturer, distributor), Kaysville, UT. All Health Concerns products.