Article · Volume 3, Issue 2 · pp. 70–72
Safety Assessment of Nutraceuticals
Koppal Suryanarayana Rao1
- 1Senior Director – Strategic Business Development, Eurofins Advinus Limited, 21 and 22, Phase II, Peenya Industrial Area, Bengaluru – 560 058, Karnataka, INDIA.
Abstract
Nutraceuticals are products isolated from foods that are generally sold in medicinal forms. They are defined as any food (or part thereof) which provides health benefits – including prevention and treatment of disease – in addition to the basic nutritional value found in foodstuff. Nutraceuticals are of particular interest as a way to reduce the expensive, high-tech disease treatment approaches currently employed in developed countries.
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