کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5523646 1546117 2017 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
ReviewA current look at nutraceuticals - Key concepts and future prospects
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
نگاه کنونی به مواد پاک کننده - مفاهیم کلیدی و چشم انداز آینده
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک دانش تغذیه
چکیده انگلیسی


- Nutraceuticals are foods (or part of foods) that provide medical or health benefits.
- Prospective market of nutraceuticals is expected to reach: US$ 250 billion by 2018.
- Legal regulations are scanty and not harmonized throughout the Globe.
- Biological effects of nutraceuticals are still contradictory and subject to debate.
- Much research is needed in order to achieve the promised food and health revolution.

BackgroundNutraceuticals exist in a legal limbo and the existing legislative efforts remain confusing, complex and not harmonized throughout the many regions of the Globe. These compounds are believed to contribute to improvements in physical and/or mental health and to ameliorate or avoid disease or health-related conditions. However, the promised food and health revolution is yet to come. Although some of these compounds have been shown to improve health, similar claims made for others have not been unequivocally demonstrated.Scope and approachHerein, we explore the different definitions of nutraceuticals, associated legal definitions and constraints, while evaluating some of the facts and fictions surrounding these compounds. Lastly, we speculate on how the industry can evolve and how nutraceuticals can, in fact, make good on their promised health benefits.Key findings and conclusionsThe high value market potential has led government agencies to establish regulatory requirements for the design, testing and marketing of these products, though much remains unregulated. Biologically, the often contradictory available data are based on the fact that the beneficial effects of a given chemical, agent or substance when consumed in food does not automatically translate into an enhanced health effect if consumed in concentrated forms or in higher quantities. How the nutraceutical industry will respond to the current lack of knowledge of these compounds, increasing demands of regulatory agencies and to the growing awareness of the general audience may very well determine the evolution of the industry and, to some extent, the health of their customers.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Trends in Food Science & Technology - Volume 62, April 2017, Pages 68-78
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