Nutraceuticals / edited by Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu.

Nutraceuticals, the fourth volume in the Nanotechnology in the Agri-Food Industry series, is an invaluable resource for anyone in the food industry who needs the most current information about scientific advances in this field. Nutraceuticals are gaining significant attention because of their apparent safety, as well as their nutritional and therapeutic uses. Scientific indications have reinforced dietary interposition as an effective implement for a healthy lifestyle. Bioactive components have been shown to exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hypocholesterolemic, hypoglycemic, anti-mutagenic, and anti-carcinogenic roles in the living system. Research professionals, professors, and students will all find this book useful.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mineral and vitamin fortification -- Functional nutraceuticals: past, present, and future -- Nutrition nutraceuticals: a proactive approach for healthcare -- Potential of nanotechnology in nutraceuticals delivery for the prevention and treatment of cancer -- Adulteration and safety issues in nutraceuticals and dietary supplements: innocent or risky? -- Regulatory perspectives on nanotechnology in nutraceuticals -- Elucidating the therapeutic potential of nutraceuticals -- Advanced nanocarriers for nutraceuticals based on structured lipid and nonlipid components -- Encapsulation of nutraceuticals in novel delivery systems -- Novel paradigm of design and delivery of nutraceuticals with nanoscience and technology -- Nutraceutical aspects of �-glucan with application in food products -- Nanotechnological approach to improve the bioavailability of dietary flavanoids with chemopreventive and anticancer properties -- Improving bioavailability of nutraceuticals by nanoemulsification -- Bioavailability and delivery of nutraceuticals by nanoparticles -- Bioavailability enhancement of curcumin nutraceutical through nano-delivery systems -- Microencapsulation of probiotic cells: applications in nutraceutic and food industry -- New trends in food science: the use of nutraceuticals as an anti-inflamatory therapeutic tool in exercise -- Functional food ingredients and nutraceuticals, milk proteins as nutraceuticals nanoScience and food industry -- Protein-based dietary supplements as nutraceuticals -- Nutraceuticals-loaded chitosan nanoparticles for chemoprevention and cancer fatigue.

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