Animal Products in Pharmaceuticals and Derived Ingredients in Medicine & Supplements.

Gelatin

Description: A coagulant and food thickener derived from animal bones, skin and other parts containing collagen

Source: source

Use: Gelatin is used to thicken and solidify a wide range of foods, including gummy bears, fruit-flavored jello, and marshmallows

Allantoin

Description: Is a chemical compound. Allantoin is a major metabolic intermediate in most organisms including animals, plants and bacteria.

Source: It is produced from uric acid, which itself is a degradation product of nucleic acids. Is present in the urine of most mammals

Use: It is frequently present in toothpaste, mouthwash, and other oral hygiene products, in shampoos, lipsticks, anti-acne products, sun care products, and clarifying lotions, various cosmetic lotions and creams, and other cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.

Alternative: Is present in botanical extracts of the comfrey plant

Bee Pollen

Description: Bee pollen is a ball or pellet of field-gathered flower pollen packed by honeybees and used as the primary food source for the hive.

Source: source

Use: health supplement, as food

Lanolin (Wool yolk)

Description: A product of the oil glands of sheep

Source: Sheep wool (See fur)

Use: Lanolin's role in nature is to protect wool and skin from climate and the environment. By humans is used as skin smoothing. It is frequently used in protective baby skin treatment and for sore nipples from breastfeeding. Lip balm, moustache wax, lubricant

Alternative: Plant and vegetable oils

Collagen

Description: Is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix. Connective tissues and it is the most abundant protein in mammals

Source: Tendonds or ligaments from bovine, equine, porcine, or even human sources.

Use: Widely used in cosmetic surgery, as a healing aid for burn patients for reconstruction of bone and a wide variety of dental, orthopedic, and surgical purposes

Alternative: Soy protein, almond oil, amla oil (see alternatives to Keratin), etc.

Cysteine

Description: An amino acid that can come from animals.

Source: Chicken, Cheese, Duck, Eggs, Pork, Turkey, etc.

Use: Used in hair-care products and creams, in some bakery products, and in wound-healing formulations.

Alternative: Legumes, Sunflower Seeds, Brussel sprouts, onions, garlic, bell peppers, broccoli, buckwheat and quinoa

Hyaluronic Acid

Description: Is an anionic, nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan distributed widely throughout connective, epithelial, and neural tissues.

Source: Extracted from the rooster comb, umbilical cords and the fluids around the joints.

Use: Used in cosmetics and some medical applications. For hydration and control inflammation

Alternative: Synthetic hyaluronic acid, plant oils.

Fish oil

Description: Oil

Source: Derived from the tissues of fish species with oil in soft tissues and in the coelomic cavity around the gut

Use: Dietary supplements,

Lipase

Description: Lipases perform essential roles in digestion, transport and processing of dietary lipids (e.g. triglycerides, fats, oils)

Source: In most, if not all, living organisms. Enzyme from the stomachs, tongue glands of calves, and lambs

Use: Used in digestive aids as it helps the body break down fats.

Alternative: Vegetable enzymes, can be from plants, fungus or yeast.

Whey

Description: Whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained.

Source: It is a byproduct of the manufacture of cheese or casein

Use: Whey is used to produce whey cheeses such as ricotta, brunost, and whey butter and many other products for human consumption.