Stella Urges Scrutiny of Hoodia Products

Stella Urges Scrutiny of Hoodia Products

PARAMUS, N.J.Stella Labs, asupplier of Hoodia Gordonii,is working with Stephen Holt, M.D., to define purity standards for hoodia; the company is also working with three independent labs tocorroborate previous findings on bioactive molecules in Stellas hoodiaingredient. At present, there is no validated, standardized methodology fortesting hoodia for quantitative results.

There are many inferior brands of Hoodia on the markettoday, but there is a solid group of committed scientists in the industry thatwish to provide purity, quality and biological activity in Hoodia material grownand manufactured under strict quality control regulations in South Africa,said V. Craig Payton, managing director of Stella Labs.

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