DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS TESTING SERVICES
Dietary supplements are substances you might use to add nutrients to your diet or to lower your risk of health problems such as arthritis. Dietary supplements come in the form of pills, capsules, powders, gel capsules and tablets, extracts, or liquids. They might contain vitamins, minerals, fiber, amino acids, herbs or other plants, or enzymes. Sometimes, the ingredients in dietary supplements are added to foods and drinks.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
⦁ Heavy metals (USP <232> Elemental Impurities
⦁ Minerals by ICP-MS
⦁ Fat soluble Vitamins: A, D (Calciferol), E (Alpha-Tocopherol), K1 (Phytomenadione) and K2 (Menaquinones)
⦁ Water soluble Vitamins: B6 (Pyridoxine), B12, C (Ascorbic Acid), Biotin, B3 (Niacin), B9 (Folic Acid), B5 (Pantothenic acid), Thiamin (B1), B2 (Riboflavin), B12
(Cobalamin), H (Biotin),
⦁ Amino Acids
⦁ Protein content
⦁ Physical characteristics (visual, color, odor, taste, density, mesh size)
⦁ Identity (chemical purity test)
⦁ Potency (concentration of active compounds)
⦁ Moisture
⦁ Water activity
⦁ Pesticides
⦁ Residual solvents
⦁ Mycotoxins
⦁ Method development
⦁ Minerals by ICP-MS
⦁ Fat soluble Vitamins: A, D (Calciferol), E (Alpha-Tocopherol), K1 (Phytomenadione) and K2 (Menaquinones)
⦁ Water soluble Vitamins: B6 (Pyridoxine), B12, C (Ascorbic Acid), Biotin, B3 (Niacin), B9 (Folic Acid), B5 (Pantothenic acid), Thiamin (B1), B2 (Riboflavin), B12
(Cobalamin), H (Biotin),
⦁ Amino Acids
⦁ Protein content
⦁ Physical characteristics (visual, color, odor, taste, density, mesh size)
⦁ Identity (chemical purity test)
⦁ Potency (concentration of active compounds)
⦁ Moisture
⦁ Water activity
⦁ Pesticides
⦁ Residual solvents
⦁ Mycotoxins
⦁ Method development
MICROBIOLOGY
⦁ USP <2021> Microbial Enumeration Tests – Nutritional and Dietary Supplements
⦁ USP <2022> Microbiological Procedures for Absence of Specified Microorganisms Nutritional and Dietary Supplements
⦁ Microbial custom studies
⦁ USP <2022> Microbiological Procedures for Absence of Specified Microorganisms Nutritional and Dietary Supplements
⦁ Microbial custom studies