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Dietary Supplements: Regulatory Challenges and Research Resources

2018; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/nu10010041

2072-6643

Johanna Dwyer, Paul M. Coates, Michael Smith,

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies

Many of the scientific and regulatory challenges that exist in research on the safety, quality and efficacy of dietary supplements are common to all countries as the marketplace for them becomes increasingly global. This article summarizes some of the challenges in supplement science and provides a case study of research at the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health, USA, along with some resources it has developed that are available to all scientists. It includes examples of some of the regulatory challenges faced and some resources for those who wish to learn more about them.