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Santerra Pharmaceuticals has formalised its links with Indian contract research organization Vedic Lifesciences to provide economically viable research for nutraceutical companies and help them communicate the results to the scientific and industrial...
A daily supplement of extracts from Milk Thistle significantly lowered fasting glucose levels by 15 per cent, says a randomized clinical trial from Iran published in an international, peer-reviewed journal.
Processing plants in eight major food industries became significantly more productive after being acquired, according to a new government report on mergers and acquisitions in the US food industry.
Novozymes has reported 'highly satisfactory' results for the first nine months of 2006, enabling the enzyme giant to adjust the outlook for earnings upwards.
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Nutra Products is using the 'unsocial' side of garlic as a selling point to promote its garlic supplement ingredient Garlieze, for which it recently presented a study at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Nutrition.
Extracts from turmeric, the yellow spice used extensively in curries, reduced the destruction of joints associated with arthritis to similar levels to pharmaceuticals, says a new animal study from the US.
Cognis has announced it will launch a branded omega-3 fish oil ingredient called Omevital, following its acquisition of the Norwegian supplier Napro Pharma earlier this year.