{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Mena-Garcia A"],"funding":["Comunidad of Madrid and European funding from FSE and FEDER programs","MINECO/AEI/FEDER","MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033","Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities","Universidad del Cauca"],"pagination":["3077"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9332841"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(15)"],"pubmed_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 <i>Garcinia cambogia</i> (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"],"journal":["Nutrients"],"pubmed_title":["Quality Evaluation of Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss Based on <i>Garcinia cambogia</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC9332841"],"funding_grant_id":["PID2019-106405GB-I00","AGL2016-80475-R","S2018/BAA-4393, AVANSECAL-II-CM","501100005682","DIN2019-010849/AEI/10.13039/501100011033"],"pubmed_authors":["Sanz ML","Bellaizac-Riascos AJ","Ruiz-Matute AI","Mena-Garcia A","Rada-Mendoza M","Chito-Trujillo DM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Quality Evaluation of Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss Based on <i>Garcinia cambogia</i>.","description":"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 <i>Garcinia cambogia</i> (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","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jul","modification":"2025-04-19T20:38:46.268Z","creation":"2025-04-19T20:38:46.268Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9332841","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35893931"],"doi":["10.3390/nu14153077"]}}