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Nutritional & Dietary Supplements Testing Solutions

Nutritional and dietary supplements are widely available as sports nutrition products, meal replacements, vitamins, minerals just to mention some. Nutritional, quality, compositional and safety testing are essential to help manufacturers ensure their products contain the proper amount of nutrients and monitor the presence of contaminants and adulterants to ensure regulatory compliance.

PerkinElmer offers a full range of complete solutions to for quality, compositional and safety testing of nutritional and dietary supplements.

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Nutritional & Dietary Supplements Testing Solutions Related Content

Analysis of Phytoestrogen Isoflavones in Dietary Supplements by HPLC/UV

Isoflavones are water-soluble compounds found in many plant and food sources. Designated as phytoestrogens, isoflavones are structurally similar to to the female hormone estrogen, and have been shown to exhibit a number of beneficial impacts to human health, such as a reduction in the development of certain cancers, as well as an improvement in cholesterol ratios. Studies also suggest, however, that the phytoestrogenic nature of isoflavones can also lead to an exacerbation of existing thyroid disorders, owing to a disruption to the endocrine system. As such, precise quantification of isoflavone content in nutraceutical products is paramount to ensure label-claim accuracy and consumer safety. In this application note, an efficient and reliable method for the determination of six common isoflavone compounds is presented. The method, which was developed in accordance with the USP monograph for soy isoflavones in dietary supplement capsules, utilizes a PerkinElmer LC 300 UHPLC system, with subsequent detection of compounds achieved utilizing an LC 300 PDA detector.

The Determination of Minerals and Metals in Multi-Mineral/Multi-Vitamin Tablets by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

There are many mineral dietary supplements available in today's marketplace to ensure that mineral deficiencies do not occur in one's diet. The mineral content of these products must be verified for quality control purposes.

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