What is a bioactive compound? A combined definition for a preliminary consensus

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 17-179

  Guaadaoui, Abdelkarim ^a   Benaicha, Soumaya ^a   Elmajdoub, Naima ^a   Bellaoui, Mohammed ^a   Hamal, Abdellah ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bioactive Compound; Biocompounactive; Food Components; Healthy Diet; Phytochemicals; Secondary Metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996758759     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11648/j.ijnfs.20140303.16     Document Type: Article

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