JOURNAL ARTICLE

Nutraceuticals: Nutritionally Functional Foods – an Overview

Hananeh Abdolrahman Rahmanpoor

Year: 2019 Journal:   Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research Vol: 15 (4)   Publisher: Biomedical Research Network

Abstract

The term Nutraceuticals was derived from ‘Nutrition’ (a nourishing food or food component) and ‘Pharmaceuticals’ (a medical drug). “Nutraceutical” is a term coined by Dr. Stephen De Felice in 1989, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM) [1,2].

Keywords:
Nutraceutical Functional food Foundation (evidence) Medicine Dietary supplement Traditional medicine Biotechnology Food science Biology Geography

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Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Genetics

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