Health ingredients supplier Unigen Pharmaceuticals will unveil its latest novel natural products at this year's SupplySide West Expo which opened its doors today in Las Vegas.

The intricacies of the products, all derived from plant-derived ingredients, will be discussed on Friday at the SupplySide VendorWorks Presentation, 'Keeping Your Wits and Waistline for a Lifetime,' by Unigen's strategic advisory board chairman, Dr. Marcus Laux.

New Unigen products up for discussion include Lasoperin, a cognitive supplementation that, claims the company, could offer short-term nutritional support for attention and focus, and long-term support of cognition and memory.

"We timed the launch of Lasoperin and our other groundbreaking products with the synergy of SupplySide West," said Regan Miles, vice president of sales and marketing at Unigen.

In addition, the company will present its proprietary policosanol compound, derived from Cera Chinensis, and 'found to ameliorate conditions' for a number of health concerns for which the company has filed patents, 'including obesity, syndrome X, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerotic complications, ischemia and thrombosis'.

The compound - soon to be renamed and re-branded - recently received a US patent for composition of matter, in addition to its novel extraction process.

According to Dr. Qi Jia, vice president of scientific affairs at Unigen and co-inventor of the patent together with Dr. Ji-Fu Zhao, Unigen evaluated waxes from more than 40 plants and insects in order to find a novel source of policosanol.

Unigen and sister company Aloecorp, are subsidiaries of Univera.