Special characteristics of non-nutrient food constituents of plants -: Phytochemicals introductary lecture
Special characteristics of non-nutrient food constituents of plants -: Phytochemicals introductary lecture
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DOI:
10.1024/0300-9831.73.2.55
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发表时间:
2003-03-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Fürst, P
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作者:
Andlauer, W;Fürst, P
“The scientist to be successful must be a sort of Janus looking at the same time to the future and the past.” Francisco GrandeThroughout history, civilized societies have devoted a deep interest in, and concern about, the integrity of food supply. Long before the development of the distinct scientific discipline of nutrition, philosophers and later physicians paid close attention to the role of the daily diet in individual and public health. Interestingly, during the last 2000 years, from the time of Hippokrates (460–377 BC) to the dawn of modern medicine, there was little distinction made between food and drugs. The practice of medicine itself consisted largely of the wise choice of natural food products.