Nutraceuticals and Their Medicinal Importance
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2018) | Viewed by 117825
Special Issue Editor
Interests: dietary bioactive compounds; nutrition; disease prevention; mitochondrial impairment; oxidative stress; inflammation
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Dear Colleagues,
The term “nutraceuticals” was introduced by Stephen DeFelice, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine, in 1989. A nutraceutical is defined as a “food, or parts of a food, that provide medical or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease”. This definition includes medicinal products made from natural ingredients. Several classes of nutraceuticals have been proposed to have potential benefits in the treatment of many human pathologies, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis and arthritis, with consequences on quality of life and longevity. Recently, nutraceuticals have been included in conventional therapies, allowing to reduce their dosages and adverse effects. At the same time, consumers have become aware all around the world that nutraceuticals may exert specific roles at different times throughout life and may help to maintain a good health and prevent diseases. In fact, the global annual increase of nutraceutical market is of about 15%.The main aims of the Special Issue on "Nutraceuticals and Their Medicinal Importance" is to be an open forum where researchers may share their investigations and findings in this promising field and, thanks to the open access platform, increase their visibility and the chances to interact with industries and the production systems. Contributions to this issue, both in the form of original research or review articles, may cover all aspects of nutraceuticals; studies with multidisciplinary input, offering new methodologies or insights, are particularly welcome.
Dr. Francesca Giampieri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutraceuticals
- bioactive compounds
- functional foods
- medicinal products
- health
- disease prevention
- quality control
- food processing techniques
- safety and efficacy
- bioavailability
- dietary supplements
- commercialization of nutraceuticals and functional foods
- economic and industry opportunities
- labelling and health claims
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