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JAMA paper on botanical use and potential liver damage draws criticism
The investigationโcarried out by researchers in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at the University of Michiganโlooked back at nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to determine reasons for and frequency of botanical use in the United States and extrapolated population estimates from the 2020…
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New paper explores issue of excessive dilution of botanical extracts
Data from published literature and analytical reports suggest that some commercial botanical extracts used in dietary supplements do not contain much or any of the botanical ingredient thatโs on the label, Dr. Gafner told NutraIngredients-USA during a video interview. “In industry, itโs also called fairy dusting, so that means you have a lot of excipient…
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Purity-IQ launches new tool to authenticate mushroom products
Amber Thelen, director of product development, Purity-IQ, said that its non-targeted analytical chemistry technique, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, is what sets them apart. โWhen you’re looking specifically for authenticity, you should be looking at the whole profile of the product, not something specific. So HPTLC, DNAโthose are all very targeted methods. You have already…