Dietary Supplements that Lie Between Foods and Drugs for Health Maintenance and Wellness
Natural therapeutic drugs span the spectrum from highly regulated and costly drugs for sick people to lightly regulated foods for both well and sick people. Indeed, foods may be considered high-volume, low-concentration therapeutics while drugs may be considered low-volume, high-concentration foods. In between these two extremes of concentration, quantity, regulation, and cost lie Aphios’ quality of life medicines (QOL) that are dietary supplements for health maintenance and wellness.
Alternative medicines are used by 38% of American adults and nearly 12% of children, according to a large national survey done in 2007 that was released on December 2008 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Natural products were the most popular alternative treatment used, accounting for 18% of the alternative medicines marketplace in 2007.
Our engineers and scientists utilize Aphios’ patented SuperFluids™ drug discovery and manufacturing technologies for the development of effective, safe and standardized quality of life medicines (dietary supplements or nutraceuticals). Our flagship QOL medicines are listed below and available to purchase:
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| Product | Source | Function |
| Zindol® DS | Zingiber officinale | Calming Stomachs and Healthy Digestion |
| Sperol™ DS | Serenoa repens | Healthy Prostate Function and Healthy Hair Follicles |
| Xantol™ DS | Hypericum perforatum | Emotional Well-Being, Relaxed Outlook, Positive Mood |
| Cool Vitamin D™ | Cholecalciferol | Cellular & Immune Function, Bone & Body Health |
Aphios’ QOL medicines are well-characterized in terms of in vitro bioactivity and related chemistry, and they are based on human clinical evidence and/or well-documented historical use in humans.
The active botanical ingredients (ABIs) are manufactured from organically grown and wild-crafted biomass utilizing environment-friendly and supercritical fluid technologies to produce concentrated ABIs that are truly “natural.” Our ABIs are further tested and certified to be free of residual organic solvents, pesticides, herbicides, and heavy metals.
The concentrated product ABIs are then standardized, formulated and encapsulated in liquid-filled softgel or cellulosic-based hard-gel caps with a nitrogen head (e.g., Licaps®, Vegicaps®) by Capsugel, Inc. and other qualified CMOs to maximize stability and with GRAS (generally regarded as safe) excipients to enhance bioavailability.
Aphios’ QOL medicines are manufactured under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) guidelines of the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and provided to customers under the auspices of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994.
Aphios’ QOL medicines have not been evaluated by the FDA. Aphios’ QOL medicines are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.