Over the past few decades, evidence has been mounting that food plants contain a host of secondary metabolites which, though generally undetected by our senses, can nevertheless contribute to human homeostasis and play a role in the maintenance of health. The blurred diet-medicine interface will be analyzed from a pharmaceutical point of view, reviewing the “natural” occurrence of mainstream drugs in food, and focusing on the basic chemistry and pharmacology of a selection of small molecules of dietary origin currently under clinical development.
Drug-like compounds from food plants and spices / G., Appendino; TAGLIALATELA SCAFATI, Orazio. - STAMPA. - (2003), pp. 43-74.
Drug-like compounds from food plants and spices
TAGLIALATELA SCAFATI, ORAZIO
2003
Abstract
Over the past few decades, evidence has been mounting that food plants contain a host of secondary metabolites which, though generally undetected by our senses, can nevertheless contribute to human homeostasis and play a role in the maintenance of health. The blurred diet-medicine interface will be analyzed from a pharmaceutical point of view, reviewing the “natural” occurrence of mainstream drugs in food, and focusing on the basic chemistry and pharmacology of a selection of small molecules of dietary origin currently under clinical development.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
