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01/30/2018 / By Ralph Flores

The biological actions of Hypericum perforatum, also known as St. John’s wort

Researchers have discovered that extracts from the St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum L.), a plant that has been widely used in herbal treatment, contain antibacterial, antioxidant, and antimutagenic (prevents the alteration of a genetic material in a cell) properties. The study, which was published in the African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, tested the […]

01/21/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Food giant Nestlé, maker and promoter of baby formula, will soon be marketing a probiotic supplement for breastfeeding mothers

A license agreement between Nestlé and Spanish biotech firm Biosearch SA will see the food giant using a breast milk probiotic strain in one of its supplements, a Nutra Ingredients article reported. According to the report, Biosearch SA recently licensed Nestlé group subsidiary Nestec SA to take hold of the global marketing of Biosearch Life’s Lactobacillus fermentum LC40 strain (L. […]

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