Tomato juice appears to thin blood in diabetics
Drinking tomato juice everday reduced the blood's clotting ability in people with type 2 diabetes, report Australian researchers this week.
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Number two vit B1 firm to change hands?
Genex Pharmaceutical has unveiled a plan to buy fellow Chinese company Tianjin Zhongjin Pharmaceutical, one of the world's largest producers of vitamin B1.
EFSA risk opinion on jelly mini-cup additives could equate to full ban
Europe's food safety body has concluded that jelly mini-cups made with a range of food additives derived from seaweed and certain gums, from xanthan gum to calcium alginate, could constitute a choking risk, reports Lindsey Partos.
Phytopharm looks for Nasdaq listing in key market
UK drug developer Phytopharm has taken steps to list on the Nasdaq in the US, a market expected to offer considerable investor interest in its appetite-suppressing compound and other plant-derived drugs.
Vitamin B12 may also prevent birth defects
Mothers with low levels of vitamin B12 in their blood may be at increased risk of having a child with the birth defect spina bifida, Dutch researchers report.