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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827405103321

Titolo

Handbook of metallonutraceuticals / / edited by Yashwant Vishnupant Pathak, Jayant Nemchand Lokhande

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-429-15163-2

1-4398-3699-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Nutraceuticals

Disciplina

613.2/8

Soggetti

Metals - Physiological effect

Metals - Therapeutic use

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Series Preface; Foreword; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Concept, Definition, and Need for Metallonutraceuticals; Chapter 2: Roles of Metals in Metabolism; Chapter 3: Ethnopharmacology and Ethnomedicine of Metals; Chapter 4: Characterization of Metallonutraceuticals; Chapter 5: Characterization, Bioavailability, and Drug Interactions of Metallonutraceuticals; Chapter 6: Therapeutic Applications of Nanometals; Chapter 7: Metallonanotherapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases; Chapter 8: Nanometals and Complexes in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Chapter 9: Application of Metals in Traditional Chinese MedicineChapter 10: Metalloenzymes : Relevance in Biological Systems and Potential Applications; Chapter 11: Application of Nanosilver in Nutraceuticals; Chapter 12: Regulatory Pathways and Intellectual Property Rights for Metallonutraceuticals; Chapter 13: Gold Nanoparticles : A Promising Nanometallic Drug Delivery System with Many Therapeutic Applications; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Reviewing the health applications of selected metallic elements and the inorganic, organic, and bio-chemistry underlying the formulation of metallonutraceuticals, this comprehensive work provides a detailed



description of the fundamentals and end-use applications of a series of metals vital to the metabolic and nutritional activities of human beings. Assuming a basic understanding of the role of metals in human physiology, it addresses various production issues including scaling up, processing, and automation from different scientific perspectives, as well as FDA regulations, institutional regulations, and ethics for industrial operations and corporate transactions--Provided by publisher.