Chemical Substance - Silicon dioxide
NHPID name:
Silicon dioxide
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Source material:
- Bambusa bambos ( Parts: Stem )
- Bambusa bambos ( Parts: Stem resin )
- Bambusa breviflora ( Parts: Whole plant )
- Bambusa textilis ( Parts: Whole plant )
- Bambusa vulgaris ( Parts: Leaf )
- Bambusa vulgaris ( Parts: Stem )
- Bambusa vulgaris ( Parts: Whole plant )
- Equisetum arvense ( Parts: Herb )
- Equisetum arvense ( Parts: Whole plant )
- Phyllostachys edulis ( Parts: Whole plant )
- Phyllostachys propinqua ( Parts: Whole plant )
- Urtica dioica ( Parts: Leaf )
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Medicinal
Rationale:
Silicon dioxide is classified as an NHP, because it is used as a source of silicon, and therefore is considered an NHP under Schedule 1, item 7 (a mineral), of the Natural Health Products Regulations.
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