Nanotechnology and its impact on food and nutrition: A review

Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-18

  Sonkaria, Sanjiv ^a   Ahn, Sung Hoon ^a   Khare, Versha ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Food contact materials; Functional foods; Nanofoods; Nanoparticles; Nutraceuticals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863736815     PISSN: 22127984     EISSN: 18761429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876142911204010008     Document Type: Review

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