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Dietary Supplements Pocket Companion

Mason, Pamela

First edition

Pamela Mason - Independent Pharmaceutical Consultant

Dietary Supplements Pocket Companion is designed to provide busy healthcare professionals with a small and conveniently sized quick reference text. It draws on the wealth of evidence-based information on the most commonly used dietary supplements presented in the full reference work Dietary Supplements.

The content includes:
  • 88 monographs on specific food supplement ingredients
  • new monographs on arginine, dong quai, 5-HTP, hydroxycitric acid, multivitamins and pumpkin seed
  • latest evidence summarised in tabular format for quick reference and ease of use.

This pocket companion is an essential reference for pharmacists, dieticians, CAM practitioners and other health professionals looking for up-to-date information on safety and efficacy of dietary supplements.

Aloe vera

Alpha-lipoic acid

Antioxidants

Arginine

Bee pollen

Betaine

Biotin

Boron

Branched-chain amino acids

Brewers' yeast

Bromelain

Calcium

Carnitine

Carotenoids

Chitosan

Chlorella

Choline

Chondroitin

Chromium

Coenzyme Q10

Conjugated linoleic acid

Copper

Creatine

Dehydroepiandrosterone

Dong quai

Evening primrose oil

Fish oil

Flaxseed oil

Fluoride

Folic acid

Gamma-oryzanol

Garlic

Ginkgo bilboa

Ginseng

Glucosamine

Grape seed extract

Green-lipped mussel

Green tea extract

Guarana

Hydroxycitric acid

5-Hydroxytryptophan

Iodine

Iron

Isoflavones

Kelp

Lecithin

Magnesium

Manganese

Melatonin

Methylsulfonylmethane

Molybdenum

Multivitamins

N-Acetylcysteine

Niacin

Nickel

Octacosanol

Pangamic acid

Pantothenic acid

Para-amino benzoic acid

Pycnogenol

Phosphatidylserine

Phytosterols

Potassium

Prebiotics

Probiotics

Psyllium

Pumpkin seeds

Quercetin

Resveratrol

Riboflavin

Royal jelly

S-Adenosyl methionine

Selenium

Shark cartilage

Silicon

Spirulina

Superoxide dismutase

Thiamine

Tin

Vanadium

Vitamin A

Vitamin B6

Vitamin B12

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Vitamin E

Vitamin K

Zinc

Adobe PDF Sample chapter (49 KB)

31-Jul-09, Intergrative Medicine: A Clinicians Journal
'This book does what it says: a quick reference, easily accessible. This one will stay on my desk within easy reach'.Intergrative Medicine: A Clinicians Journal, July 2009

15-Dec-09, Chemist and Druggist
'This pocket edition is a very useful book for anyone faced with a query about dietary supplements which are almost, but not quite, medicine'. 'Concise yet comprehensive reference guide to the current state of clinical knowledge about the most common dietary supplements available today.'Kevin Frost, Chemist and Druggist, December 2009

15-Jan-09, Chemist and Druggist
'This pocket companion is a very useful book for anyone faced with a query about dietary supplements which are almost, but not quite, medicines.'Kevin Frost, Chemist and Druggist published online on 15th January 2009

17-Oct-08, IJPC
'It contains the latest evidence summarized in a tabular format for quick reference and ease of use.'International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding Oct 17, 2008 Volume 5, Issue 41

 
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ISBN 978 0 85369 761 9

Published Sep 2008

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180 x 100mm (296pp)