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Greater levels of selenium, vitamin E and the tomato carotenoid lycopene have been shown to reduce prostate cancer in one out of every four Caucasian males, or those who inherit a specific genetic variation that is particularly sensitive to oxidative...
Low vitamin C prices are boosting margins at Phoenix firm Zila, which generates three quarters of its turnover from enhanced forms of vitamin C and E, reports Dominique Patton.
Fish oil supplements and foods fortified with marine-source omega-3 fats on the UK market have gained the scientific go-ahead to promote the heart health benefits of their products.
Doses of carotenoids easily gained from the diet have a significant effect on reducing oxidative damage, said researchers at a nutrition conference in Paris earlier this month.
German firm Finzelberg is the first plant extracts producer to gain GMP certification under new European rules for active agents in pharmaceuticals, it said this week.
OptiPure and Japanese corporation Use Techno have signed a distribution and marketing agreement for GlucoTrim Banaba leaf extract.