BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Herbalism, Genetically Modified Organism, Nutraceutical

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Organic products are becoming popular: no additives, no synthetic pesticides. Natural pesticides are allowed usually they do not work as well, so they need to use a greater quantity of them: no synthetic fertilizer, no genetically modified organisms. No regulations over the use of natural : the word natural means absolutely nothing, there are no rules and regulations attached to this word, industries can call anything they want natural . Herbal remedies are used by 40 % of population. Herbal remedies are a billion business. Herbal remedies are often produced in the same assembly line as other synthetic products. Modern drugs are standardized most herbal remedies are not: not purified substances, no consistent doses. Misleading labels: they write the labels so that it appears you"re getting a certain product, when in reality you are getting something else, an extract is not the same thing as the natural product. What omega-3 is in your fish oil: eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid.