Health Canada has issued approvazinc citrate and zinc gluconatels to Monteloeder for the use of eight health claims relating to two of its botanical ingredients.###The authority has passed down a positive decision for three claims in relation to Monteloeder’s suncare-from-within ingredient NutroxSun and five more linked to PLX, its sports nutrition bioactive. ###The positive verdicts mean dietary supplements containing these two natural specialty ingredients can now carry the claims in question on their labels when marketed in Canada.###The three claims approved by Health Canada for NutroxSun are as follows:###• Hellemon citrate of magnesiumps to improve the skin’s response to small amounts of ultra violet (UV)-induced oxidative stress,###• Helps reduce wrinkle depth and increase skin elasticity, and###• Provides antioxidants.###The five claims authorized for PLX are:###• Helps with the management of joint discomfort due to sport injury,###• Improves lipid profile,###• When taken by healthy persons in combination with regular exercise, helps decrease muscular (myoglobin) and hepatic (gamma-glutamyl transferase) damage markers,###• Helps to increase the activity of antioxidant enzyme catalase (lymphocytes and erythrocytes) when combined with regular exercise, and###• Consumption helps increase the activity of glutathione-dependent antioxidant enzymes in erythrocytes when combined with regular exercise.###NutroxSun is a blend of natural grapefruit and rosemary extracts. ###Results from a recent clinical study, which will be published in a peer-reviewed journal in the coming weeks, demonstrated that it offers significant sun protection and anti-ageing benefits in the form of better resistance to sunburn, increased skin elasticity, reduced skin wrinkle depth and decreased oxidation of skin cells.###Meanwhile, PLX is a proprietary extract from the leaves of the lemon verbena plant. ###In a recent peer-reviewed and published clinical trial researchers found that it offered athletes significant performance benefits by tackling botpure encapsulations magnesiumcitrath the mental and physical factors that prevent recovery after exercise.###Both ingredients are suitable for inclusion in dihigh potency calcium magnesium citrateetary supplements and in convenient fzinc gluconate 100 mg tabletunctional beverages and shots. ###They are currently distributed in Canada by CK Ingredients, which is based in Toronto.