- Guideline
Evaluation Method of Bone Health Protection Effect of Health Food
- Test system
SD or Wistar rats
- Method
1. Growing animal model
2. Ovariectomized (OVX) animal model
- Item
Body weight, body length, femoral length or femoral plus tibia length, and at least 2 of the following 5 indexes: bone density, determination of trabecular bone, assessment of trabecular mineral apposition rate (MAR), biomechanical analysis, and metabolic biochemical indexes of osteoblast (OB) and osteoclast (OC).
Efficacy Test
As per Taiwan FDA requests, health foods that claim functions as below should obtain approval of Health Food Registration before importing, manufacturing, or launching:
- Blood lipid regulation
- Blood glucose regulation
- Immune modulation
- Liver function protection
- Gastrointestinal function improvement
- Reduction of body fat accumulation
- Bone health
- Dental health
- Anti-aging
- Anti-fatigue
- Assist in regulating blood pressure
- Assist in modulating allergy constitution
- Promotion of iron availability
Medgaea provides efficacy evaluation tests for Health Foods registration. According to the function design of the food product, we also deliver pilot studies for formula screening and dose range finding for our clients to reduce the cost and risk of new product development. Welcome to contact us.
- Guideline
Evaluation Method of Anti-fatigue Effect of Health Food (Exercise-induced Fatigue)
- Subject
Healthy adults over 20 years old and have similar biological age
- Method
Randomized double-blind crossover study design
- Item
1. Physical performance index: anaerobic exercise, maximum aerobic exercise, endurance, muscle strength, muscle endurance, muscle endurance strength, and power.
2. Mechanism index: endocrine pressure index of physiological pressure, muscle tissue damage index, muscle tissue energy storage index.
- Guideline
Evaluation Method of Anti-aging Effect of Health Food
- Test system
Animal models of senescence:
1. aging rats or mice
2. long-term experiment using young rats or mice
3. senescence accelerate mouse (SAM)
4. drug-induced aging animal:
(1) D-galactose induced senescence model
(2) Parkinson’s disease animal model (PD)
(3) Alzheimer’s disease animal model (AD)
- Method
Select an appropriate animal model of senescence for further experiment.
- Item
Test items are different depending on the animal model:
1. Bioactive index of brain aging
2. Bioactive index of liver, cardiovascular, blood, or kidney aging
3. Anti-oxidant index
- Guideline
Evaluation Method of Body Fat Accumulation Reducing Effect of Health Food
- Test system
Male SD rats
- Method
1. High energy diet-induced obesity model (induction in advance)
2. High energy diet-induced obesity model (induction and treatment at the same time)
- Item
Body weight, fat percentage, serum TC, free fatty acid, LDL-C, HDL-C, liver lipids, blood glucose, liver function index, kidney function index, etc.
- Guideline
Evaluation Method of Allergy Constitution Modulating Effect of Health Food
- Test system
Balb/c or B6 mice
- Method
1. Allergic model induced by intraperitoneal injection of allergen
2. Respiratory allergy model
3. allergic rhinitis model
- Item
serum antibody analysis, Immune cell proliferation ability, cytokine analysis, pulmonary function measurement or other allergy-related index, natural killer cell activity, phagocytic cell activity, etc.
- Guideline
Evaluation Method of Blood Pressure Regulating Effect of Health Food
- Subject
Adults over 20 years old who have been diagnosed with higher blood pressure or mild hypertension by a physician and are not taking medication to control blood pressure
- Method
Double-blind, randomized, parallel-controlled
- Item
Blood pressure, safety monitoring