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Nonvitamin and Nonmineral Nutritional Supplements

  • 1 Edición - 28 de septiembre de 2018
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Seyed Mohammad Nabavi, Ana Teresa Sanches Silva
  • Idioma: Inglés

Nonvitamin and Nonmineral Nutritional Supplements compiles comprehensive information and recent findings on supplements found in today’s market. The book focuses on non-essen… Leer más

Descripción

Nonvitamin and Nonmineral Nutritional Supplements compiles comprehensive information and recent findings on supplements found in today’s market. The book focuses on non-essential nutrients, animal extracts, yeast and fungi extracts, and plant and algae extracts used as supplements. Readers will find valuable insights on the impact of dietary supplementation on human health, along with an understanding of the positive and negative aspects of each supplement.

Puntos claves

  • Provides reliable information on available supplements to inform nutritional practices
  • Presents each supplement’s sources, availability, health benefits, drawbacks, and possible interactions with other supplements, food or drugs
  • Serves as a guide to non-essential nutrients, plant and algae extracts, animal extracts, including bee products and shark cartilage, and supplements from yeast and fungi

De interès para

Food and nutrition researchers, health professionals, nutritionists, students and laypeople

Índice

1. History, definition, overview and legislation of dietary supplements

2. Non-essential nutrients

3. Plant and algae extracts

4. Animal extracts

5. From yeast and fungi

6. Future trends of food supplements

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 28 de septiembre de 2018
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

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Seyed Mohammad Nabavi

Seyed Mohammad Nabavi is a Biotechnologist and senior scientist in the Applied Biotechnology Research Centre, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. His research interests are focused on natural products. Till now, he has authored/co-authored over 250 publications in international journals indexed in ISI and has more than 7000 citations to published articles and also more than 10 books.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Ana Teresa Sanches Silva

Ana Sanches Silva is a researcher at the National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV, IP). She obtained a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and received her European Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, with honors. In addition, she was awarded with the prize for best doctorate student. Ana Sanches-Silva has a remarkable track record (over 100 scientific contributions in peer-reviewed journals or book chapters). She has more than 300 communications in national and international conferences. Her research interests are focused on the evaluation of safety and composition of food and food packaging. Moreover, her special interest is the study of food bioactive compounds and dietary supplements, and development of analytical methodologies for the analysis of bioactive compounds in food.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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