Role of nutraceuticals in human health
Role of nutraceuticals in human health
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DOI：
10.1007/s13197-011-0269-4
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发表时间：
2012-04-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Chakraborty, Runu
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作者：
Das, Lipi;Bhaumik, Eshani;Chakraborty, Runu
营养食品是“营养”和“药物”的混合体。广义上讲，营养食品是指在调节和维持人体正常生理功能方面发挥重要作用的食品或食品的一部分。全球营养保健品市场增长的主要原因是目前的人口和健康趋势。用作营养保健品的食品可分为膳食纤维、益生元、益生菌、多不饱和脂肪酸、抗氧化剂和其他不同类型的草药/天然食品。这些营养保健品有助于对抗世纪的一些主要健康问题，如肥胖、心血管疾病、癌症、骨质疏松症、关节炎、糖尿病、胆固醇等。总之，“营养保健品”引领了医学和健康的新时代，其中食品工业已成为一个以研究为导向的部门。
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.