A pharmaceutical substitute with physiological benefits is a nutraceutical or bioceutical. Since "Nutraceutical Ingredients" are classified by the FDA as dietary supplements and food additives under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, they are mostly unregulated in the US. Various jurisdictions have different laws governing nutritional supplements. A nutraceutical is defined as "a product isolated or purified from foods that is generally sold in medicinal forms not usually associated with food [and] is demonstrated to have a physiological benefit or provide protection against chronic disease”. According to Canadian law, it is possible to market a nutraceutical as either a food or a drug.
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