OMEGA-3 LONG-CHAIN PUFA NUTRACEUTICALS

Authors
GARCIA DJ
Citation
Dj. Garcia, OMEGA-3 LONG-CHAIN PUFA NUTRACEUTICALS, Food technology, 52(6), 1998, pp. 44-49
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Food technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00156639
Volume
52
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
44 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-6639(1998)52:6<44:OLPN>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Fish oils and other marine bioactives are currently big news in the nu traceutical and functional foods arena. By definition, a nutraceutical is a food or any part of a food that offers a health benefit above an d beyond providing simple nutrition or basic fortification. Under this definition, the health benefit may include the prevention or treatmen t of disease or the enhancement of the body's functioning.