Title |
Role of nutraceuticals in human health
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Published in |
Journal of Food Science and Technology, February 2011
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DOI | 10.1007/s13197-011-0269-4 |
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Authors |
Lipi Das, Eshani Bhaumik, Utpal Raychaudhuri, Runu Chakraborty |
Abstract |
Nutraceutical is the hybrid of 'nutrition' and 'pharmaceutical'. Nutraceuticals, in broad, are food or part of food playing a significant role in modifying and maintaining normal physiological function that maintains healthy human beings. The principal reasons for the growth of the nutraceutical market worldwide are the current population and the health trends. The food products used as nutraceuticals can be categorized as dietary fibre, prebiotics, probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants and other different types of herbal/ natural foods. These nutraceuticals help in combating some of the major health problems of the century such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, cholesterol etc. In whole, 'nutraceutical' has lead to the new era of medicine and health, in which the food industry has become a research oriented sector. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 20% |
Canada | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Mexico | 2 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 829 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 117 | 14% |
Student > Master | 100 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 92 | 11% |
Researcher | 53 | 6% |
Student > Postgraduate | 39 | 5% |
Other | 121 | 15% |
Unknown | 310 | 37% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 136 | 16% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 74 | 9% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 71 | 9% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 52 | 6% |
Chemistry | 28 | 3% |
Other | 125 | 15% |
Unknown | 346 | 42% |