Nutraceuticals as natural healers: Emerging evidences

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 891-898

  Ali, Rashida ^a,b   Athar, Mohammad ^c   Abdullah, Umer ^a   Abidi, S Abudiat ^a   Qayyum, Manzar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b English Biscuit Manufacturers   (Pakistan)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Infinity Engineering and Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Nutraceuticals; Nutritional immunity

Indexed keywords

ALLYL SULFIDE; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; BETA GLUCAN; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; NUTRACEUTICAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SPHINGOLIPID;

FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOW CALORY DIET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; CURCUMA LONGA; DAUCUS CAROTA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 66749088555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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