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Dietary supplements : safety, efficacy and quality /
Dietary supplements made from foods, herbs and their constituents are a rapidly growing market sector. Consumers often view food supplements as 'natural' and therefore safe; however, supplements are regulated as foods rather than as pharmaceuticals and so are not as closely monitored as ma...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Woodhead Publishing,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition ;
no. 267. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Dietary Supplements: Safety, Efficacy and Quality; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition; Introduction; Part One General issues; 1 Dietary supplement labelling and health claims; 1.1 Introduction: the regulatory situation in the European Union (EU); 1.2 Labelling requirements; 1.3 Nutrition claims; 1.4 Health claims; 1.5 Borderline substances: between foods and medicine; 1.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix: abbreviations.
- 2 Good manufacturing practice (GMP) in the production of dietary supplements2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Key issues related to good manufacturing practice/good hygienic practice (GMP/GHP) implementation; 2.3 Documentation of GMP; 2.4 Benefits and drawbacks of GMP use in organisations; 2.5 Summary; References; 3 Analysing the composition of fortified foods and supplements: the case of vitamins; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Extraction and purification methods; 3.3 High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); 3.4 Gas chromatography (GC); 3.5 Capillary electrophoresis (CE); 3.6 Spectroscopic methods.
- 3.7 Microbiological methods3.8 Immunoassays; 3.9 Other methods; 3.10 Future trends; References; Part Two Drug-supplement interactions; 4 Pharmacokinetic interactions between drugs and dietary supplements: herbal supplements; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Herbals: introduction; 4.3 Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort (SJW)); 4.4 Allium sativum (garlic); 4.5 Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo); 4.6 Panax ginseng (ginseng), Piper methysticum (kavakava) and Serenoa repens (saw palmetto); 4.7 Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower), Vacciniummacrocarpon (cranberry) and Silybum marianum(milk thistle).
- 4.8 Hydrastis canadensis (goldenseal), Valerianaofficinalis (valerian) and Cimicifuga racemosa(black cohosh)4.9 Glycine max (soy), Camellia sinensis (green tea)and Zingiber officinale (ginger); 4.10 Morinda citrifolia (noni), Aloe vera (aloe), Vitisvinifera (grape seed) and Curcuma longa (turmeric); 4.11 Stevia rebaudiana (stevia), Lepidium meyenii(maca) and Garcinia mangostana (mangosteen); 4.12 Summary; References; 5 Pharmacokinetic interactions between drugs and dietary supplements: probiotic and lipid supplements; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Probiotics and drug delivery in the colon.
- 5.3 Probiotics: summary5.4 Lipids and drug delivery; 5.5 Lipidic excipients and drug release; 5.6 Summary: pharmacokinetic drug-lipid interactions; References; 6 Pharmacokinetic interactions between drugs and dietary supplements: carbohydrate, protein, vitamin and mineral supplements; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Carbohydrates as dietary supplements; 6.3 Carbohydrates as pharmaceutical excipients and prodrugs; 6.4 Carbohydrates: summary; 6.5 Proteins, peptides, and amino acids; 6.6 The impact of proteins on drug pharmacokinetics and their use as prodrugs; 6.7 Proteins: summary; 6.8 Vitamins; 6.9 Vitamins: summary.