Mason Pamela. Dietary Supplements

3rd edition. — Pharmaceutical Press, 2007. — 417 p.Since the second edition of this book was published five years ago, the UK and worldwide market for food supplements has continued to grow. Vitamins and minerals – in multipleingredient products and as single ingredients – remain very popular. Indeed, multivitamins and minerals have the largest share of the market in
most countries. However, since the last edition, there hasbeen an enormous growth in interest in other supplements, such as carotenoids, glucosamine, isoflavones, omega-3 fatty acids and probiotics, substances that were hardly known to the general public until very recently. Technological advances are increasingly making it possible to include such ingredients in both dietary supplements and foods, hence the blurring of boundaries between ‘supplements’, ‘functional foods’ and the ‘nutraceutical’ ingredients that go into them. As the range of substances identified in foods, and knowledge of their potential benefits in disease, continues to grow, it is likely that many more such substances will be included in food supplements in the future.Aloe vera
Alpha-lipoic acid
Antioxidants
Bee pollen
Betaine
Biotin
Boron
Branched-chain amino acids
Brewer’s yeast
Bromelain
Calcium
Carnitine
Carotenoids
Chitosan
Chlorella
Choline
Chondroitin
Chromium
Coenzyme Q
Conjugated linoleic acid
Copper
Creatine
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Evening primrose oil
Fish oils
Flavonoids
Flaxseed oil
Fluoride
Folic acid
Gamma-oryzanol
Garlic
Ginkgo biloba
Ginseng
Glucosamine
Grape seed extract
Green-lipped mussel
Green tea extract
Guarana
Iodine
Iron
Isoflavones
Kelp
Lecithin
Magnesium
Manganese
Melatonin
Methylsulfonylmethane
Molybdenum
N-acetyl cysteine
Niacin
Nickel
Octacosanol
Pangamic acid
Pantothenic acid
Para-amino benzoic acid
Phosphatidylserine
Phytosterols
Potassium
Probiotics and prebiotics
Psyllium
Pycnogenol
Quercetin
Resveratrol
Riboflavin
Royal jelly
S -adenosyl methionine
Selenium
Shark cartilage
Silicon
Spirulina
Superoxide dismutase
Thiamine
Tin
Vanadium
Vitamin A
Vitamin B
Vitamin B
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
ZincGuidance on safe upper levels of
vitamins and mineralsDrug and supplement
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