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ChromaDex Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 10/1/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/10/16, at 4:08pm ET   ·   For:  10/1/16   ·   Accession #:  1654954-16-3772   ·   File #:  1-37752

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

11/10/16  ChromaDex Corp.                   10-Q       10/01/16   69:5M                                     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    529K 
 5: EX-10.1     Material Contracts                                  HTML     51K 
14: EX-10.10    Material Contracts                                  HTML     29K 
 6: EX-10.2     Material Contracts                                  HTML     37K 
 7: EX-10.3     Material Contracts                                  HTML     68K 
 8: EX-10.4     Material Contracts                                  HTML    175K 
 9: EX-10.5     Material Contracts                                  HTML     36K 
10: EX-10.6     Material Contracts                                  HTML    119K 
11: EX-10.7     Material Contracts                                  HTML     29K 
12: EX-10.8     Material Contracts                                  HTML     30K 
13: EX-10.9     Material Contracts                                  HTML     52K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification Pursuant to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A)  HTML     24K 
                Certifications Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxly                  
                Act of 2002                                                      
 3: EX-31.2     Certification Pursuant to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A)  HTML     24K 
                Certifications Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxly                  
                Act of 2002                                                      
 4: EX-32.1     Certificate Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C. Pursuant  HTML     21K 
                to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                 
21: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     44K 
22: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     96K 
23: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     31K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
24: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     68K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
25: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders'   HTML     74K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
26: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders'   HTML     22K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
27: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    116K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
28: R8          Interim Financial Statements                        HTML     24K 
29: R9          Nature of Business and Liquidity                    HTML     25K 
30: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     52K 
31: R11         Reverse Stock Split                                 HTML     21K 
32: R12         Earnings Per Share Applicable to Common             HTML     37K 
                Stockholders                                                     
33: R13         Loan Payable                                        HTML     41K 
34: R14         Employee Share-Based Compensation                   HTML     41K 
35: R15         Stock Issuance                                      HTML     31K 
36: R16         Business Segments                                   HTML    120K 
37: R17         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     28K 
38: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     30K 
39: R19         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     25K 
40: R20         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     56K 
41: R21         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     51K 
42: R22         Earnings Per Share Applicable to Common             HTML     38K 
                Stockholders (Tables)                                            
43: R23         Loan Payable (Tables)                               HTML     32K 
44: R24         Employee Share-Based Compensation (Tables)          HTML     38K 
45: R25         Stock Issuance (Tables)                             HTML     23K 
46: R26         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML    115K 
47: R27         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     26K 
48: R28         Nature of Business and Liquidity (Details           HTML     30K 
                Narrative)                                                       
49: R29         Significant Accounting Policies (Details)           HTML     91K 
50: R30         Significant Accounting Policies (Details 1)         HTML     32K 
51: R31         Reverse Stock Split (Details Narrative)             HTML     23K 
52: R32         Earnings Per Share Applicable to Common             HTML     43K 
                Stockholders (Details)                                           
53: R33         Loan Payable (Details)                              HTML     29K 
54: R34         Loan Payable (Details 1)                            HTML     39K 
55: R35         Loan Payable (Details Narrative)                    HTML     25K 
56: R36         Employee Share-Based Compensation (Details)         HTML     69K 
57: R37         Employee Share-Based Compensation (Details 1)       HTML     30K 
58: R38         Employee Share-Based Compensation (Details          HTML     29K 
                Narrative)                                                       
59: R39         Stock Issuance (Details)                            HTML     32K 
60: R40         Stock Issuance (Details Narrative)                  HTML     28K 
61: R41         Business Segments (Details)                         HTML     68K 
62: R42         Business Segments (Details 1)                       HTML     38K 
63: R43         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     30K 
64: R44         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     36K 
65: R45         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     27K 
66: R46         Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)               HTML     27K 
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    105K 
67: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     51K 
15: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- cdxc-20161001                       XML    996K 
17: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cdxc-20161001_cal               XML    125K 
18: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cdxc-20161001_def                XML    195K 
19: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cdxc-20161001_lab                     XML    587K 
20: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cdxc-20161001_pre              XML    451K 
16: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cdxc-20161001                         XSD    114K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001654954-16-003772-xbrl      Zip     79K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — cdxc-20161001_def

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