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The absorption of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) may be reduced by 36 per cent when the vitamin is ingested simultaneously with other antioxidants like carotenoids, suggests new research from France.
Weekly Comment
With all the threats facing food and beverage production -- from contamination in the food chain, to rising input prices -- there appears to be one menace that towers above the rest, namely 'The Weather'.
Metagenics has been awarded three new patents for discoveries relating to Luduxin and Tetrase, two hops-derived ingredients with anti-inflammatory properties for joint health.
Another patent infringement case has been settled between two nutraceutical ingredient companies - this time involving Nutratech and Syntech International over the use of citrus aurantium extract.