Anti-stress
Anti-stress
There are days when familiar things ask a little more of us. The plans we have made, the company we enjoy, even the prospect of sleep can feel different with a change in mood. How we feel lends its own colour to everyday life.
SEREN helps promote healthy mood balance and supports sleep, bringing attention to the relationship between our days and nights. A place for emotional wellbeing within the rituals through which we care for ourselves.
Its support also extends to helping relieve symptoms of fibromyalgia and, when taken preventively, reducing the severity and duration of migraines. These less visible experiences, too, deserve a considered place in the care of daily life.
Aide à favoriser un état
émotionnel plus équilibré
Favorise le sommeil
Aide à soulager les symptômes
de la fibromyalgie
Aide à réduire l’intensité et la durée
des migraines lorsqu’il est pris à titre préventif.
Helps reduce carbohydrate cravings to support weight management, alongside reduced calorie intake and increased physical activity
SEREN takes its inspiration from serenity—a word that evokes composure, a sense of ease, and the quiet pleasure of feeling at peace with oneself.
Within the name, EN forms the signature of E.N. Biomédical. The two come together naturally, with the company’s initials woven into the very word that inspired it.
Simple in its construction and soft in its sound, SEREN carries an intention: to give serenity a name of its own.
Behind the unfamiliar name 5-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan lies a connection between plants and the human body.
More simply known as 5-HTP, this amino acid derivative occurs in the seeds of Griffonia simplicifolia and is also formed naturally within us.
In West Africa, Griffonia simplicifolia has a place in both traditional medicine and everyday life. Ethnobotanical accounts describe preparations of its leaves and stems used to wash wounds, while in Ghana, its fibrous stems served as chewing sponges for cleaning teeth.
A different aspect of the plant came into focus through twentieth-century chemistry. In 1970, researchers Linda E. Fellows and E. A. Bell reported high concentrations of 5-HTP in its mature seeds, documenting a distinctive feature of this West African climbing shrub.
The seeds would become an important source of 5-HTP for modern preparations—adding a new chapter to the story of a plant whose uses once centred on its leaves, stems and roots.
The passage from wakefulness to sleep, the feeling of fullness after a meal, the changes in our emotional state: each involves signals exchanged within the body.
Among the chemical messengers participating in this communication is serotonin, whose influence extends across several aspects of daily life.
Un héritage botanique sublimé par la précision. La nature à l’origine. La science dans chaque détail.
Our way of thanking you for choosing E.N. Biomedical.
Earn points
Receive 10 welcome points when you join, then earn 1 point for every $1 spent on products. Your points accumulate with each purchase, bringing you closer to your next reward.
Choose your reward
• 100 points — $5 off your next purchase.
• 400 points — A complimentary product of your choice, valued at up to $75, added to your next paid order.
Enjoy a little saving along the way, or keep collecting points for a complimentary addition to your routine.
A few details
Points are calculated on the amount paid for products after discounts, excluding taxes and shipping. When you redeem a reward, the corresponding points are deducted from your balance.
Complimentary products are subject to availability and must accompany a paid order. Shipping charges, where applicable, remain payable.
All amounts are in Canadian dollars.
Ingrédient actif par capsule
Hypromellose, magnesium stearate
Traditionally used in Herbal Medicine as a hepatoprotectant/liver protectant and to help support liver function.
Used in Herbal Medicine to help relieve digestive disturbances, including dyspepsia (indigestion).
During periods of emotional strain, when maintaining a balanced mood becomes more challenging, or when restless nights begin to affect overall well-being. Particularly relevant when seeking support for mood-related sleep disturbances, recurring migraines, or the discomfort associated with fibromyalgia.
Adults: 1 capsule, 1–3 times daily, use for at least 3 weeks to see beneficial effects.
Consult a health care practitioner if symptoms persist or worsen.
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant.
Stop use if hypersensitivity or allergy occurs.
Behind the unfamiliar name 5-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan lies a connection between plants and the human body. More simply known as 5-HTP, this amino acid derivative occurs in the seeds of Griffonia simplicifolia and is also formed naturally within us.
For SEREN, Griffonia provides the botanical source. The focus rests on a particular molecule within its seeds: a compound with a defined identity and a place in the body’s production of serotonin.
This relationship begins with tryptophan, an essential amino acid obtained through food. The body transforms tryptophan into 5-HTP, then converts 5-HTP into serotonin—a chemical messenger involved in regulating mood, sleep and appetite.
The term precursor describes this role. It means that 5-HTP is a substance from which the body makes another. Although closely connected, tryptophan, 5-HTP and serotonin are distinct compounds, each occupying its own step in this sequence.
That distinction gives the ingredient its scientific interest. Understanding 5-HTP means considering both what it is and what the body can make from it, without reducing the complexity of mood or sleep to a single molecule.
Precision also matters in how its quantity is expressed. The amount of 5-HTP identifies the compound itself, rather than the total weight of the seeds from which it originates. SEREN provides 100 mg of 5-HTP per capsule, alongside 360 mg of soy lecithin.
Soy lecithin introduces a different aspect of the formulation’s chemistry. It is a mixture containing phospholipids, including phosphatidylcholine. Where 5-HTP names an individual molecule, lecithin describes a group of lipid constituents—a distinction that helps clarify the character of each ingredient.
Health Canada’s 5-HTP monograph includes helping promote healthy mood balance and relieving sleep disturbances associated with mood imbalance. It also includes specified uses for fibromyalgia symptoms, preventive migraine support and weight management, each subject to its own conditions of use.
These applications give context to the ingredient, while its identity remains precise: a plant-sourced compound that also belongs to the body’s own chemistry.
Within SEREN, this meeting of botanical origin and physiological relevance forms the essence of the formulation—a connection made tangible through the details of its composition.
The passage from wakefulness to sleep, the feeling of fullness after a meal, the changes in our emotional state: each involves signals exchanged within the body. Among the chemical messengers participating in this communication is serotonin, whose influence extends across several aspects of daily life.
SEREN’s 5-HTP enters this physiology through the digestive tract. Following oral intake, it is absorbed into the circulation. Some is converted into serotonin outside the brain, while some can cross the blood–brain barrier—the selective boundary that controls which substances pass from the bloodstream into brain tissue.
This ability matters. Serotonin itself does not readily cross that boundary, but 5-HTP can reach the brain and serve as material for its production there. Enzymes then convert it into serotonin, making it available to participate in communication between nerve cells.
The effects of this communication depend on where signals are received and which receptors respond. Serotonin has many roles, and its involvement in mood, appetite and sleep forms part of a wider network of biological processes.
The connection to sleep extends further. In the pineal gland, a small structure within the brain, serotonin is also used to produce melatonin, a hormone that helps signal biological night. This conversion follows the body’s daily timing system, influenced by light and darkness.
These pathways explain why 5-HTP has attracted interest in research on mood and sleep. They provide a biological rationale, while clinical studies are needed to establish whether a particular preparation and dose offer a meaningful benefit.
For SEREN, this is the passage from botanical source to physiological role: a seed-derived molecule absorbed, transformed and incorporated into the body’s intricate systems of communication.
Profitez de la livraison offerte pour toute commande de 200 $ CA ou plus avant les taxes applicables, ou automatiquement à l’achat de La Réserve (collection de 6 flacons).
La livraison offerte est réservée aux commandes livrées au Canada et s’applique automatiquement lors du passage à la caisse pour toute commande admissible. Des frais de livraison peuvent s’appliquer aux commandes internationales.