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Nutraceutical is a marketing term used to imply a pharmaceutical effect from a compound or food product that has not been scientifically confirmed or approved to have clinical benefits. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the United States, nutraceuticals are considered and regulated as a subset of foods (such as dietary supplements ) by the Food and Drug ...
The Journal of Dietary Supplements is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research in any area involving dietary supplements.It is abstracted and indexed in CABI, Academic Search Complete, Biological Abstracts, PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, BIOSIS Previews, and the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
In the United States, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 provides this description: "The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) defines the term "dietary supplement" to mean a product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, an herb or other ...
While commonly in the form of dietary supplements, nutraceuticals or energy drinks, [2] some nootropic compounds are prescription and non-prescription drugs in various countries. In the United States, nootropics are commonly advertised with unproven claims of effectiveness for improving cognition.
Spirulina powder at 400×, unstained wet mount. The species A. maxima and A. platensis were once classified in the genus Spirulina.The common name, spirulina, refers to the dried biomass of A. platensis, [3] which belongs to photosynthetic bacteria that cover the groups Cyanobacteria and Prochlorophyta.
Nutraceutical Corporation, a supplement manufacturer based in Park City, Utah, challenged the legality of the FDA's ban of Ephedra alkaloids as exceeding the authority given to the agency by the Dietary Health Supplements and Education Act. Nutraceutical Corporation stated that while they did not intend to restart marketing ephedra, they were ...
Basil – or Sweet Basil, is a common name for the culinary herb Ocimum basilicum, of the family Lamiaceae, sometimes known as Saint Joseph's Wort in some English-speaking countries. Basil, holy – Ocimum tenuiflorum , Holy Basil, is an aromatic plant in the family Lamiaceae which is native throughout the Old World tropics and widespread as a ...
Rauwolfia Serpentina. The Himalaya Drug Company was founded in Dehradun in the 1930s by Mohammad Manal, a self-professed "lover of nature". Manal had the goal of commercialising Ayurvedic and herbal products to suit contemporary needs, by focusing on modern empirical research to demonstrate their efficacy.