Pharmaceuticals to nutraceuticals : a shift in disease prevention - Ghosh, Dilip K.; Smarta, R. B., 1944- (Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2017)
Redefining nutraceutical and functioning foods as a part of journey from pharma to nutra -- Holistic health through nutrition, diet, nutraceutical for prevention and treatment -- Paradigm shift from cure to prevention -- Traditional and modern medicine : filling the gap -- Drug-nutrient interaction -- Existing and innovative models of health and diseases elaborating foods vs drugs -- Market dynamics of food-drug interphase -- Business perspective -- Science to business viability -- Role of nanoparticles in both nutra and pharmaceutical products -- Regulatory perspective of nutraceuticals and phytomedicines in India -- Vitamin E in health and wellness : what would be the ideal therapeutic dosage? -- Use of metabolites in nutraceutical and pharmaceuticals -- Medical food : a new domain in food-drug interphase -- Probiotics : from bench to market -- Advantages and draw backs of combination of foods and drugs -- Role of food bioactives in disease prevention -- Journey from personalised medicine to personalised nutrition -- Quality controversies in phytopharmaceuticals.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Dietary Supplements -- standards; Functional Food -- standards; Pharmaceutical preparations; Holistic health