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ChromaDex Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 8/9/18, at 4:01pm ET · For: 6/30/18 · Accession #: 1654954-18-8737 · File #: 1-37752

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/09/18  ChromaDex Corp.                   10-Q        6/30/18   51:4.1M                                   Blueprint/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    564K 
 2: EX-10.4     Material Contracts                                  HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification Pursuant to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A)  HTML     21K 
                Certifications Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxly                  
                Act of 2002                                                      
 4: EX-31.2     Certification Pursuant to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A)  HTML     21K 
                Certifications Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxly                  
                Act of 2002                                                      
 5: EX-32.1     Certificate Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C. Pursuant  HTML     17K 
                to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     41K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     99K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     33K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     77K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders'   HTML     60K 
                Equity (Unaudited) (Usd $)                                       
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    118K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R7          Interim Financial Statements                        HTML     21K 
19: R8          Nature of Business and Liquidity                    HTML     21K 
20: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     29K 
21: R10         Earnings Per Share Applicable to Common             HTML     29K 
                Stockholders                                                     
22: R11         Line of Credit                                      HTML     20K 
23: R12         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     26K 
24: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     22K 
25: R14         Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities            HTML     31K 
26: R15         Employee Share-Based Compensation                   HTML     38K 
27: R16         Business Segments                                   HTML    140K 
28: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     36K 
29: R18         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     33K 
30: R19         Earnings Per Share Applicable to Common             HTML     30K 
                Stockholders (Tables)                                            
31: R20         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     26K 
32: R21         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     24K 
33: R22         Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     31K 
34: R23         Employee Share-Based Compensation (Tables)          HTML     34K 
35: R24         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML    145K 
36: R25         Nature of Business and Liquidity (Details           HTML     23K 
                Narrative)                                                       
37: R26         Earnings Per Share Applicable to Common             HTML     33K 
                Stockholders (Details)                                           
38: R27         Line of Credit (Details Narrative)                  HTML     23K 
39: R28         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     26K 
40: R29         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     34K 
41: R30         Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities (Details)  HTML     56K 
42: R31         Employee Share-Based Compensation (Details)         HTML     78K 
43: R32         Employee Share-Based Compensation (Details 1)       HTML     28K 
44: R33         Employee Share-Based Compensation (Details          HTML     28K 
                Narrative)                                                       
45: R34         Business Segments (Details)                         HTML     67K 
46: R35         Business Segments (Details 1)                       HTML     54K 
47: R36         Business Segments (Details 2)                       HTML     37K 
48: R37         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     20K 
50: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     86K 
49: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     47K 
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 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cdxc-20180630_cal               XML    118K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cdxc-20180630_lab                     XML    552K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cdxc-20180630_pre              XML    411K 
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ChromaDex Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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