About one-quarter of the prescription drugs sold in the U.S., Canada and Europe contain active ingredients derived from plants.

The Food and Drug Administration will allow food makers to list health claims on labels before they have been scientifically proven, and promises to crack down on false health claims made by manufacturers of dietary supplements.

New findings suggest that leucine, an amino acid regulating muscle mass, helps a person maintain muscle mass and reduce body fat during weight loss.

Prostate cancer is the leading cancer among American men and the second leading cause of cancer death for that same group, with nearly 190,000 men in the U.S. diagnosed with prostate cancer this year.

An independent panel of experts has affirmed the GRAS determination for the use of AdvantaSoyâ„¢Clearâ„¢ as a source of concentrated soy isoflavones.

New federal regulations will give Canadians the most detailed food nutrition labels in the world.

FenuLife®, a new health ingredient from Acatris Inc., was shown to reduce blood sugar levels in both non-diabetic and Type-II diabetic subjects.

A study in the March 2003 Pediatrics demonstrates that children born to mothers who had taken cod liver oil, rich in DHA and other omega-3 fatty acids, during pregnancy and lactation scored significantly higher (approximately 4.1 points) on standardized intelligence tests than those whose mothers had received corn oil during the same period.

GliSODin is the first orally bioactive, vegetarian form of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD). It is the only SOD shown to increase the body's own SOD levels.

A novel ingredient provides an unusually strong competitive advantage for a new functional food or dietary supplement entering the marketplace. Insights into such ingredients' origins and development aid companies in maximizing their use.