Functional foods and nutraceuticals as therapeutic tools for the treatment of diet-related diseases

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 387-396

  Magrone, Thea ^a   de Heredia, Fatima Perez ^b,c   Jirillo, Emilio ^a   Morabito, Giuseppa ^d   Marcos, Ascension ^b   Serafini, Mauro ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^e CRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Diet; Functional foods; Immunity; Inflammation; Nutraceuticals; Obesity; Post prandial stress

Indexed keywords

NUTRACEUTICAL; POLYPHENOL;

AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID DIET; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TEST MEAL;

EID: 84878845892     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2012-0307     Document Type: Review

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