1st Edition
Dietary Supplements of Plant Origin A Nutrition and Health Approach
Edited By Massimo Maffei
Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by
CRC Press
256 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Dietary supplements are estimated to be used regularly by almost 60% of the American population, and over 300 million people worldwide. An important and ever-growing portion of this market is in botanical supplements that are derived from natural plants. Natural, however, does not necessarily mean safe, and although plants can provide health-essential and health-improving nutrients they can also... Read more
List of Contributors, Foreword, 1 An introduction to dietary supplements of plant origin: definitions, background and an overview of this volume, 2 Herbal dietary supplements in the European market, 3 ESCOP, the European Commission, consumer policy and health protection, 4 Industrial plants as sources of dietary supplements, 5 Drug-like compounds from food plants and spices, 6 Biotechnology of plant-derived dietary supplements, 7 Biochemistry, physiology and bioengineering of bioactive compounds from plants used as dietary supplements, 8 Interaction of herbs with other medicines: the example of St John’s wort, 9 Official and scientific information resources for botanical dietary supplements, Appendix, Index
Biography
Massimo Maffei
"Each chapter has extensive citations. … There is plenty of information … that is useful. Recommended."
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