Nanotechnology in nutraceuticals and functional foods

Food Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 30-36

  Chen, Hongda ^a   Weiss, Jochen ^b   Shahidi, Fereidoon ^c,d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c IFT ^*  (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIA; GOVERNMENTS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRACEUTICALS FOODS;

FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH CARE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

NUTRITION;

EID: 33645786789     PISSN: 00156639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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