What Is Smurph's Botanicals? Ingredients, Formats & What to Know

Smurph's Botanicals sells chewable tablets built around what its listings call URIQ Complex — a named formulation whose botanical component is Uncaria tomentosa extract, paired with several additional compounds. It is one of the more disclosed ingredient panels in the cat's-claw category, which makes it a useful product to walk through in detail.

This guide covers what Smurph's publishes: per-tablet strength, pack configuration, flavors, and the full ingredient panel as it appears on retail listings. It also explains what a branded complex is and why the URIQ name shows up under more than one brand. Everything here is drawn from published retail specifications; where a figure could not be verified, it is left out. We sell cat's claw products ourselves, and nothing below is an allegation against Smurph's, which is an operating brand in a legal retail category.

The Base Botanical

Cat's claw is the common name for Uncaria tomentosa, a woody climbing vine native to the Amazon basin and tropical parts of Central and South America. It takes its name from the paired, curved thorn-like hooks at its leaf nodes, which the vine uses to climb.

The plant naturally contains indole and oxindole alkaloids along with polyphenols. It is botanically unrelated to Mitragyna speciosa — a different genus, a different continent of origin, a different constituent profile. Cat's claw carries a long history of traditional use among Indigenous Amazonian communities; that is historical and cultural context only, and is not evidence of any effect.

Because several unrelated plants share the "cat's claw" common name — including Uncaria guianensis and the unrelated catclaw acacia of the American Southwest — the Latin binomial is the reliable identifier on a label. Smurph's listings specify Uncaria tomentosa. Our background piece is at what is cat's claw.

What Smurph's Botanicals Sells

The product is a chewable pressed tablet sold in a three-count pack. The published figures are 100mg per tablet, three tablets per pack, 300mg total.

Smurph's publishes an explicit splitting instruction: each tablet divides into two servings, giving six servings per pack, with guidance to begin with half a tablet, allow time before evaluating, and only then consider more. That is a more granular serving structure than a simple "one tablet" instruction, and it is the reason the pack total and the suggested serving are quite far apart numerically.

Three flavors appear across retail listings: Boba Berry, Rocket Pop, and Fuji Apple.

Published Specifications

We were not able to verify a full inactive-ingredient list, an extract standardization ratio, a manufacturing location, or a batch-level certificate of analysis from the public listings we reviewed, so none of those are stated here.

Reading the Published Panel Carefully

The Smurph's panel is worth examining closely, because it illustrates something that trips people up across this whole category: the headline milligram figure and the ingredient panel are not measuring the same thing.

The product is listed as 100mg per tablet, 300mg per pack. But the published panel lists individual components — 100mg quercetin, 100mg urolithin A, 75mg L-theanine, 50mg URIQ Complex, plus 30mg ascorbic acid and 5mg pyridoxine HCl — that together add up to substantially more than 100mg. The listings we reviewed do not clearly state whether the panel figures are stated per tablet or per serving, and the two readings give different answers.

Rather than resolve that ambiguity by guessing, the honest reading is this: the "100mg per tablet" headline is best understood as describing the branded complex portion, not the total mass of everything in the tablet. Which is a good general habit. A pressed tablet's headline number rarely refers to its full physical weight, and where it does refer to only one component, the label does not always say so in the same size type.

If the precise per-serving breakdown matters to you, the supplement facts panel on the physical package is the authority, not a retailer's product description. Retail listings are transcribed by hand and abbreviated for the web, and they drift.

What the non-botanical components are

Stated as chemistry rather than as function:

• Ascorbic acid — vitamin C.
• Pyridoxine HCl — a common salt form of vitamin B6.
• Quercetin — a flavonoid found widely across edible plants, including onions, apples, and capers.
• L-theanine — an amino acid found naturally in tea leaves.
• Urolithin A — a compound formed when certain gut bacteria metabolize ellagitannins, which occur in pomegranates and some nuts and berries.

We are deliberately not characterizing what any of these are for. Marketing copy in this category routinely attaches functional descriptions to each ingredient; those are claims, and repeating them is not something an educational guide should do. What we can say factually is that these are identifiable, well-characterized compounds with published names and disclosed amounts, which is more transparency than an undisclosed proprietary blend offers.

What "URIQ Complex" Is

URIQ Complex is a formulation name rather than a single substance. It appears in Smurph's listings as the branded label for the Uncaria tomentosa extract component of the formula.

Notably, the URIQ Complex name is not exclusive to Smurph's. Products under other brand names appear at retail using the same formulation name and, in several listings, substantially the same component figures. This is unremarkable in the supplement industry — contract manufacturers commonly produce a formulation that multiple brands sell under their own labels, and a named complex is often the manufacturer's identifier rather than the retail brand's.

For a shopper, this is useful context rather than a warning. It means that if you have compared URIQ Complex products from two brands and found the panels near-identical, you are probably reading them correctly. It also means the brand name on the front of the pack may be telling you about packaging, flavor development, and distribution more than about formulation. Neither observation reflects on the quality of any particular brand's product.

Kratom-Free Positioning and the 2026 Backdrop

Cat's-claw brands are marketed as kratom-free across the board — containing no kratom, no mitragynine, no 7-hydroxymitragynine. The reason that phrase is everywhere right now is a specific federal action.

On July 1, 2026, the Drug Enforcement Administration filed Notices of Intent to temporarily place 7-hydroxymitragynine above a threshold into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, together with mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, MGM-15, and MGM-16. The notices published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2026. The order publishes on or after August 5, 2026, is effective on publication, and runs two years while the agency can pursue permanent scheduling. Thresholds are 0.05% for leaf material, and 0.05% or 1mg per article for extracts, concentrates, and pressed pills. The announcement is at dea.gov.

The named compounds are alkaloids associated with Mitragyna speciosa. Uncaria tomentosa is a different plant and does not contain them. A cat's-claw brand noting that its product is not kratom is describing its ingredient panel rather than claiming an exemption from a rule that would otherwise reach it. Our plain-language walkthrough is at is 7-OH banned.

What turns a kratom-free statement into a verifiable one is third-party lab documentation tied to the batch in hand — showing the panel tested, the method, and the detection limits. That standard applies to every brand in the category including ours; our batch documentation is at our COA page.

Where Smurph's Sits in the Category

Cat's-claw brands mostly ship a similar physical product and differentiate on what the label discloses. Some publish a single extract weight and nothing else. Some publish a proprietary blend total with no itemization. Some name multiple botanicals. Smurph's takes the branded-complex route: a named formulation pairing the botanical with vitamins and other identified compounds, with individual amounts published.

That is a fair amount of disclosure by category standards, and it gives a reader more to work with than an unbroken proprietary total. The trade-off is complexity — six listed components rather than one, and a headline figure whose relationship to the panel takes a moment to parse. Simpler single-botanical products are easier to reason about but tell you less; more elaborate formulas tell you more but ask more of the reader.

For the wider category picture, our overview of the plant is at what is cat's claw, and our own products are in the cat's claw collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is URIQ Complex?

It is a formulation name, not a single substance. In Smurph's listings it labels the Uncaria tomentosa extract component of the formula. The same name appears on products from other brands, which typically indicates a shared or contract-manufactured formulation — a common arrangement in the supplement industry.

How many tablets are in a Smurph's pack?

Three tablets at 100mg each, for 300mg total. The brand's guidance describes each tablet as splitting into two servings, giving six servings per pack, and suggests starting with half a tablet.

What is in Smurph's Botanicals tablets besides cat's claw?

The published panel lists ascorbic acid (vitamin C) 30mg, pyridoxine HCl (vitamin B6) 5mg, URIQ Complex (Uncaria tomentosa extract) 50mg, quercetin 100mg, L-theanine 75mg, and urolithin A 100mg. The listings we reviewed did not clearly state whether these figures are per tablet or per serving.

Does Smurph's Botanicals contain kratom?

The product is sold within the kratom-free botanical category and its named botanical is Uncaria tomentosa, which is unrelated to Mitragyna speciosa and does not naturally contain mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine. Explicit kratom-free wording varies between listings. Batch-specific third-party testing is what makes any such statement independently verifiable.

Why does the panel add up to more than 100mg per tablet?

Because the "100mg per tablet" headline most likely describes the branded complex portion rather than the total mass of all components. Headline milligram figures on pressed tablets frequently refer to one component rather than the tablet's full weight. The supplement facts panel on the physical package is the authoritative source.

These statements have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. For adults 21+. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before use.