By Paul M. Coates, Joseph M. Betz, Marc R. Blackman, Gordon M. Cragg, Mark Levine, Joel Moss, Jeffrey D. White
Encyclopedia of nutritional Supplements offers peer-reviewed, aim entries that conscientiously learn the main major medical learn on easy chemical, preclinical, and scientific information. Designed for healthcare pros, researchers, and health-conscious shoppers, it offers evidence-based details at the significant diet and mineral micronutrients, herbs, botanicals, phytochemicals, and different bioactive preparations.
Supplements lined include:
- Vitamins, beta-carotene, niacin, and folate
- Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, isoflavones, and quercetin
- Calcium, copper, iron, and phosphorus
- 5-hydroxytryptophan, glutamine, and L-arginine
- St. John's Wort, ginkgo biloba, eco-friendly tea, kava, and noni
- Androstenedione, DHEA, and melatonin
- Coenzyme Q10 and S-adenosylmethionine
- Shiitake, maitake, reishi, and cordiceps
With approximately a hundred entries contributed by means of popular subject-specific specialists, the booklet serves as a systematic checkpoint for the numerous OTC vitamins carried in brand new dietary items marketplace.
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Studies indicate that when taken orally by men, small doses are converted to potent estrogens and larger doses to both testosterone and estrogens. Comparatively, there appears to be a much more physiologically important increase in estrogens compared with testosterone in men. In women, the effects are reversed. Studies have thus far failed to confirm any effect on muscle size or strength, though the dosing regimens were modest. Although documentation of adverse side effects among users of androstenedione is scarce, there is considerable concern over potential longterm toxicity, especially in women and adolescents.
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0 to 50 mg/g of anthraquinones (as anhydrous barbaloin), is permitted to make the same health claim at the specified daily intake. Aloe vera is also one of the four botanical ingredients allowed to make immune system enhancement claims in South Korea. CONCLUSION Of the 400 known species of aloe, Aloe vera is the most commonly used in commerce and is cultivated in many different areas of the world. The plant yields two raw materials for use in various consumer products including foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and drugs, namely aloe vera juice and aloe latex.