Vinpocetine meets FDA's criteria for a compliant moiety of a botanical stated in the agency's draft guidance for new dietary ingredient notifications, another reason it should remain available in dietary supplements, according to the Natural Products Association.
FDA Guidance Makes Vinpocetine Compliant Despite Ban Proposal – NPA
NPA CEO Daniel Fabricant says some vinpocetine product marketers don't realize the ingredient's status as an active moiety of a botanical long used in the food supply, a knowledge gap obscures that FDA is using an extra-regulatory procedure to remove vinpocetine.