20.500.12556/DiRROS-24338 The coenzyme Q10 content of food supplements In the European Union (EU), food supplements are regulated as food and their use is expanding rapidly. There is no enforcement to ensure that good manufacturing practices (GMPs) are followed during production but manufacturers are fully responsible for their products. Recently, the safety and quality of supplements available in the market has come into question. In our surveillance, we examined coenzyme Q10 content of 58 food supplements available in three EU member states or from Internet stores using high-performance liquid chromatography methodology. While some of the tested supplements contained almost exactly the same quantity of active ingredient as labelled, one-third of the products contained <70% of the labelled content. In the food supplements obtained online the medium content was lower than in the products purchased in pharmacies. To protect the consumer and assure the safety and quality of products, the market authorities need to exert better control. In addition, it would make sense to enforce additional requirements to ensure GMPs are followed in the manufacturing process of food supplements. hranljivost prehrambeni dodatki kvaliteta CoQ10 Belgija Slovenija Španija true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Neznano 2025-11-26 09:35:12 2025-12-09 11:28:27 2025-12-10 03:45:36 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2011 0 0 no. 4 Vol. 6 2011 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2011-01-01 577.2 1661-5751 10.1007/ s00003-011-0704-5 35552005 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00003-011-0704-5 1 d49d2ac4-caa2-11f0-94a7-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=36236 RAZ_Pravst_Igor_2011.pdf RAZ_Pravst_Igor_2011.pdf 1 723F83007FD615BC41C25A36A54A1A4F e31804b9bbdde2cb68d94b367d04f8c25b94e45ae931f0fe0979071006f47688 94644bcd-d4e9-11f0-94a7-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=36723 Inštitut za nutricionistiko 0 0 0