Nutraceuticals overview

This chapter provides an overview of the diversity of marine bioactive peptides, their biological activity, and their potential use as nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products. 

Koseoglu SS. Overview of nutraceuticals/functional foods. Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Short Course, College Station, TX, 2000. 

The book includes an introductory overview on food factors and then perspective chapters on bioavailability of catechins and chemistry of structured and nutraceutical lipids. Subsequent sections cover signal transduction, gene modulation, biomarker, and animal model studies as affected by food bioactives. Finally, the chemistry and bioactivity of antioxidative compounds associated fruits, vegetables, and other plants are presented. 

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