Posted by dessbee on July 26, 2006, at 5:12:55
In reply to Re: Anyone tried Tryptophan for sleep?, posted by laima on July 24, 2006, at 16:15:20
statement by the FDA from February, 2001:
"A firm is not required to obtain premarket review or approval from the FDA of its products before marketing them as dietary supplements. Moreover, a firm is not required to submit scientific evidence to FDA of the safety of its products or ingredients. While we are unaware of conclusive scientific data that would establish that a dietary supplement L-tryptophan would be safe, if a firm has information that it believes establishes that a product containing L-tryptophan is safe within the meaning of the Act, it could market such a product as a dietary supplement."
http://www.erowid.org/smarts/tryptophan/tryptophan_law.shtml
L-tryptophan: An isomer of the amino acid tryptophan that is a precursor in the formation of serotonin.
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