Archives for October 12, 2010

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Telos Ceuticals launches carotenoid-rich Gac fruit extract

By Stephen Daniells

Michigan-based Telos Ceuticals, LLC has launched a new carotenoid-rich extract from Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng, offering 76 times the amount of lycopene in tomatoes, 60 times the vitamin C in oranges, and 10 times the beta-carotene in carrots.

Wall Street Journal raises subatramine contamination question

By Shane Starling

Following last Friday’s decision by Abbott Laboratories to pull its sibutramine-containing weight loss drug Meridia due to concerns about side effects, questions are being asked about dietary supplement contamination with the substance.