Do Dietary Supplements Work?
Are they Safe?
Conflicting Claims Highlighted in New Book

Examining the Science Behind Nutraceuticals
Proceedings of the AAPS Dietary Supplements Forum

Nutraceuticals, which has been in the news lately, was center stage at an AAPS Forum last June. Featuring presentations by leading pharmaceutical scientists and physicians in industry and academia, as well as officials from FDA and NIH, and top association executives, the forum generated considerable interest in the scientific community as well as extensive press coverage. The core of this landmark event is captured in this book. And the informality of the presentations, panel discussions, and Q & A sessions has been preserved in a practical, hands-on format.

Key Features

• Regulatory implications of the 1994 DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health Education Act) and FDA plans for its implementation

• Current status and challenges of validating the health benefits and risks of supplements

• Challenges of educating both healthcare professionals and consumers about supplements: what do they need to know and what is the best way to deliver it?

• Extraction methods, analytical challenges, and other issues/problems involved in standardizing botanical extracts

• Drug permeability, solubility, and metabolism in oral bioavailability, and potential implications for supplement delivery

• Scientific barriers to establishing appropriate standards for manufacture, product quality, and performance