Functional food science and food for specified health use policy in Japan: State of the art

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-73

  Arai, Soichi ^a   Yasuoka, Akihito ^b   Abe, Keiko ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b MAEBASHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food for specified health use; Functional food; Health claims; Lifestyle related diseases; Nutrigenomics

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALGINIC ACID; ARABINOSE; BB 12; BB 536; CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CATECHIN; CHITOSAN; CK 60; CK 92; FK 120; FLAVONOID; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; HYPERIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; ISOQUERCITRIN; LACTULOSE; LKM 512; MALTITOL; MENAQUINONE; MENAQUINONE 7; MILK PROTEIN; NY 1301; OLIGOPEPTIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PALATINOSE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID BINDING PROTEIN; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RAFFINOSE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLITOL;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; JAPAN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LIFESTYLE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FOOD; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEGISLATION, FOOD; LIFE STYLE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38149082307     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e3282f3f505     Document Type: Review

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