Industry must not drop interest in mechanism focused, lab-based, in vitro studies in favour of chasing human trial data, according to Dr Charles Czank of Leatherhead Food Research who argues that both in vitro and in vivo data are vital for a health claim.
Gum titan Wrigley has failed to establish a link between active agents in sugar-free gum and improved teeth remineralisation, which can prevent tooth decay.
An Irish initiative is looking at ways of extracting nutritional extracts from various marine sources with seaweed and shellfish showing the most potential so far.
The University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) NAPRALERT, the
world's largest database on herbs and medicinal plant research, is
now available on-line, providing easier access to this goldmine of
herbal information.
New Zealand biotech company Keratec is growing the value
proposition of its sheeps' wool-derived keratin, Cynatine FLX, with
the release of data from its program of pre-clinical trials to back
up the ingredient's four-fold...
