Dietary Supplements during COVID-19

There is no food or dietary supplement that enhances or strengthens the immune system in a healthy population without nutritional deficiencies. Although some vitamins (A, B6, B12, C, D) or minerals (zinc, selenium, copper, magnesium) have shown to play a role in the immune response to infections, none of them have shown to consistently prevent […]
Crystal Engineering of Nutraceutical Phytosterols

A cocrystal screening conducted with a solid solution of three phytosterols (β-sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol) and a set of coformers with strong hydrogen bond donors reveals that multicomponent solid-solutions are preferentially formed instead of pure cocrystals and much enriched with β-sitosterol with respect to stigmasterol, a natural product with cytotoxicity concerns. You can find more […]