Kearny, NJ—Pharmachem Laboratories, based here, sponsored a national consumer survey about why consumers have not been more successful in their weight control efforts. The study, conducted by Customer Experience Partners, surveyed 1,200 people in early 2016, and found that Americans are not aware of the link between excessive carb consumption...
Scotts Valley, CA—The American Herbal Pharmacopoeia’s recently published a 96-page monograph on cranberry, including information about standards for analysis, quality, control and therapeutics. The document offers a brief history of the use of the berry along with some identification parameters and processing, drying and handling techniques. A key part of the...
Bradenton, FL-based HP Ingredients Corp. announced that its NeuroActin Andrographis ingredient received a patent for its use in brain health supplements. The patent is entitled, “Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Impairment with Andrographolides,” and describes how the ingredient “was found to prevent and reverse neuropathology and stimulates neurogenesis.” The ingredient...
East Windsor, NJ—The International Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Research recently published a paper about a branded ingredient’s safety record in a small-animal study. Sabinsa Corporation and Sami Labs founder Muhammed Majeed, Ph.D., lead researcher, concentrated on his company’s patented Coleus forskohlii extract (ForsLean). Groups of five male and female...
Boston, MA—A group of researchers from various institutions including Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Brown University and Harvard Medical School have published a study in JAMA Ophthalmology suggesting that certain nutrients may lower the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The researchers analyzed data previously collected...
Beloit, WI—New data suggest that kids taking a branded beta glucan are healthier than other children. For three months, researchers from H&J CRO International Inc. in Beijing, China, gave 156 healthy children (ages one to four) one of three regimens: either 75 mg of a proprietary yeast beta 1,3/1,6 glucan...
Woodland, CA-based Western Foods is now SQF Level 2 Certified. National Enzyme Company of Forsyth, MO, expanded its facility to create additional office space for its quality control, information technology and marketing groups. The new 3,200-ft2 building replaces offices that were damaged in a fire in 2015. Ethical Naturals Inc.
Los Angeles, CA—Healthy men who regularly do resistance training may want to consider adding ashwagandha to their exercise routine, based on the results of a recent clinical trial. Researchers affiliated with several hospitals in India gave a placebo or a branded ashwagandha extract (300 mg twice daily as KSM-66, manufactured...
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