To Nutraceuticals and Back: Rethinking a Concept

Foods. 2017 Sep 5;6(9):74. doi: 10.3390/foods6090074.

Abstract

The concept of nutraceuticals as pharma-foods comes fromfar. This termismade fromthe two words "nutrient" and "pharmaceutical", was coined by Stephen DeFelice, and is defined as "a food or part of a food that provide medical or health benefits, including the prevention and/or treatment of a disease" [...].

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