Nutraceuticals and Natural Product Pharmaceuticals analyzes the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical research published over the last decade, paying particular attention to applications and recovery effects. The book emphasizes the great need for both nutritionists and pharmacologists to understand how these drugs can benefit human health. Topics explore innovative sources, bioavailability, pharmacokinetics, translating novel pathways and mechanisms of action into their clinical use, personalized nutrition and natural product medicine, the convergence between nutraceuticals and western medicine, interactions between drugs, nutrients, the microbiome and lifestyles, industrial applications and commercialization, metabolomics, nano-delivery systems and function, and more.
Nutritionists and pharmacists working with natural products, food scientists, nutrition researchers and those interested in the development of innovative products, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and functional foods are sure to benefit from this thorough resource.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals 2. Nutrigenomics and antioxidants 3. How plant secondary metabolites impact human health 4. Nutraceuticals and metabolic syndrome 5. Pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of natural products 6. Epigenetics and personalized nutrition 7. Innovative sources 8. Production of natural products with pharmaceutical potential 9. Food matrices that improve the oral bioavailability of pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals 10. From nutraceuticals to nanopharmaceuticals 11. Reorientation of nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals applications in an open innovation model 12. Convergence between nutraceuticals and western medicine 13. Ethno-pharmaceutical formulations 14. Effects of nutritional supplements on human health
