MENEVIT

This brand name is authorized in New Zealand

Active ingredients

The drug MENEVIT contains a combination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):

1 Vitamin C
UNII PQ6CK8PD0R - ASCORBIC ACID

Ascorbic acid, coupled with dehydroascorbic acid to which it is reversibly oxidised, has a variety of functions in cellular oxidation processes. Ascorbic acid is required in several important hydroxylations, including the conversion of proline to hydroxyproline and appears to have an important role in metal ion metabolism, including the gastrointestinal absorption of iron and its transport between plasma and storage organs.

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2 Vitamin E
UNII N9PR3490H9 - .ALPHA.-TOCOPHEROL, D-

Vitamin E is known to exert an important physiological function as an antioxidant for fats, with a sparing action on vitamin A, carotenoids and on unsaturated fatty acids. Other work has demonstrated that vitamin E is connected with the maintenance of certain factors essential for the normal metabolic cycle.

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3 Folic acid
UNII 935E97BOY8 - FOLIC ACID

Folic acid is a member of the vitamin B group which is reduced in the body to tetrahydrofolate, a co-enzyme active in several metabolic processes and produces a haemopoietic response in nutritional megaloblastic anaemias. Folic acid is rapidly absorbed and widely distributed in body tissues.

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4 Garlic oil
UNII 4WG8U28833 - GARLIC OIL
5 Lycopene
UNII SB0N2N0WV6 - LYCOPENE
6 Selenomethionine
UNII 964MRK2PEL - SELENOMETHIONINE
7 Zinc sulfate
UNII 89DS0H96TB - ZINC SULFATE, UNSPECIFIED FORM

Zinc sulfate is a source of zinc which is an essential trace element and involved in a number of body enzyme systems. Severe deficiency causes skin lesion, alopecia, diarrhoea, increased susceptibility to infections and failure to thrive in children.

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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
Country: NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority Identifier(s): 13720

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