Table 1.
Characteristics of the websites offering Tribulus terrestris (TT) from the countries assessed in this study.
| Canada | Puerto Rico | Russia | Spain | Ukraine | USA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General characteristics |
No. of webpages reviewed | 179 | 186 | 227 | 196 | 144 | 92 |
| Does not connect * | 22 a | 8 c | 42 a | 5 b,c | 28 a | 0 b | |
| Does not sell TT | 48 | 38 | 31 | 36 | 26 | 16 | |
| Sells TT * | 109 a | 140 b | 155 a | 155 b | 90 a | 76 b | |
| Also sells other products * | 27 a | 40 c | 84 c | 20 a | 48 b | 27 b | |
| Oxandrolone | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| DHEA | 27 | 38 | 82 | 20 | 48 | 26 | |
| Androstenedione | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Types of webpages selling TT | Sports | 27 | 26 | 114 | 49 | 63 | 5 |
| Supermarket | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Pharmacy | 7 | 27 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | |
| Parapharmacy | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Dietary supplements | 5 | 55 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 47 | |
| Laboratory | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Store | 27 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 21 | |
| Other | 39 | ||||||
| Shipping countries |
Only ships within the country | 35 | 85 | 122 | 71 | 84 | 30 |
| Worldwide | 43 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 34 | |
| Several countries | 28 | 20 | 4 | 59 | 12 | ||
| Unknown | 3 | 20 | |||||
* Significant differences (p < 0.05). Each superscript letter denotes a subset whose proportions do not differ significantly from each other (p < 0.05).