New concepts in nutraceuticals as alternative for pharmaceuticals

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1487-1499

  Nasri, Hamid ^a   Baradaran, Azar ^a   Shirzad, Hedayatollah ^b   Kopaei, Mahmoud Rafieian ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Disease modifiers; Herbal nutraceuticals; Nutraceutical products; Nutraceuticals; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOCHANIN A; CAROTENOID; CURCUMIN; DAIDZEIN; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; HESPERIDIN; INDOLEAMINE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LYCOPENE; MELATONIN; MINERAL; NUTRACEUTICAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; SEROTONIN; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

AGING; ALLERGY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICINE; MEDLINE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTECTION;

EID: 84920997225     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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