Is Rhodiola on the Road to Extinction?
Due to Rhodiola rosea products being better protected by CITES, the price of Rhodiola rosea can be expected to increase, as it will become a rarer and less easily attainable extract. However, we can also expect that Rhodiola rosea will be able to grow better in the wild as it is now conserved by the CITES trade agreement.
We try and provide clear information to our customers so you can make the right decisions on your purchases. Our Technical Team can direct you to the correct ingredient and with our quality department keeping an eye on market issues you can buy from us with confidence.
We try and provide clear information to our customers so you can make the right decisions on your purchases. Our Technical Team can direct you to the correct ingredient and with our quality department keeping an eye on market issues you can buy from us with confidence.
We at Nutraceuticals like to do things a bit different and provide our customers with the tools to make an intelligent choice.
The manufacturing of sodium copper chlorophyllin is surrounded by controversy and its all to do with how its created.
What are pH buffers and how do they work in food?
Do you know your Micron, Micrometre, μm, and Mesh Size?
We try and explain the small things that mean so much.
What is a micron?
We at Nutraceuticals like to do things a bit different and provide our customers with the tools to make an intelligent choice.
This small, odd-looking ‘new’ berry is thought to have originated millennia ago in the frozen wilderness of Siberia and carried by birds to the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido, where it was named ‘haskap’ by the indigenous Ainu people, who claimed it as the “the elixir of life and berry of good eyesight”.1,2
A range of skin-loving ingredients from Nutraceuticals
By Jess Martin – Quality System Analyst
Nutritional supplements benefit our bodies both on the inside and outside. A popular and ever in demand ingredient is collagen due to its links in reducing photoaging and promoting youthful-looking skin. However, there are many ingredients that contribute to and promote the production of collagen that shouldn’t be overlooked.
L-Lysine
L-Lysine is an essential amino acid, and one that is necessary in the production of collagen. Collagen is the protein responsible for the shape and mechanical properties of our skin tissue and Lysine is critical for its synthesis and function. It’s essential in the structure of collagen as it acquires numerous enzymatic modifications (post-translational modifications), particularly those that allow links between collagen chains.
L-Lysine can also inhibit collagenases, which are a group of enzymes called matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), which are the main type of enzymes responsible for collagen degradation.
By being able to reduce collagen breakdown, L-Lysine is an excellent companion in supporting wound healing and slowing down the physical symptoms of ageing skin. On the epidermis level, it can facilitate cell proliferation, reduce inflammation, angiogenesis (vascularisation) and has the potential to have antimicrobial effects.