Quality Evaluation of Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss Based on Garcinia cambogia.

ABSTRACT: Food supplements of plant origin for weight control are increasingly being demanded by consumers as a way to promote good health. Among them, those based on Garcinia cambogia (GCFS) are widely commercialized considering their bioactive properties, mainly due to (-)-hydroxycitric acid ((-)-HCA). However, recently, controversy has arisen over their safety; thus, further research and continuous monitoring of their composition is required. Hence, in this work, a multi-analytical approach was followed to determine not only (-)-HCA but also other constituents of 18 GCFS, which could be used as quality markers to detect fraudulent practices in these samples. Discrepancies between the declared (-)-HCA content and that experimentally determined were detected by LC-UV in 33% of the samples. M

SUBMITTER: Mena-Garcia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9332841 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature