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Handbook of Metallonutraceuticals (Paperback)
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Handbook of Metallonutraceuticals (Paperback)
Series: Nutraceuticals
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The nutritional and medicinal value of metals, such as zinc,
calcium, and iron, has been known in traditional medicine for a
long time. Other metals, such as silver and gold, may also have
therapeutic and health benefits. Ancient medicines have long
incorporated their use in the treatment of diseases, and they have
also more recently been explored for treatment in allopathic
medicine, birthing the concept of metallonutraceuticals. The
challenge of using metals in the human body is to find forms that
are safe and effective. Handbook of Metallonutraceuticals presents
basic concepts related to the nutritional and therapeutic use of
metals, product development strategies, and some ideas ready to be
applied for condition-specific metallonutraceuticals. The book
begins with an overview of the nutraceuticals field and the need
for metallonutraceuticals. It considers the roles of various metals
in metabolism, reviews the ethnopharmacology and ethnomedicine of
metals, and covers the characterization and possible properties of
metallonutraceuticals. It also examines bioavailability and drug
interactions, and therapeutic applications of nanometals including
use as imaging agents, in cancer diagnosis and treatment, as
antibacterials and antivirals, in ocular disease, and in
neurodegenerative diseases. The book explores the use of metals in
traditional Chinese medicine, potential applications for
metalloenzymes, the use of nanosilver in nutraceuticals, and the
potential of gold nanoparticles as a drug delivery system. In
addition, it addresses intellectual property rights and regulatory
considerations regarding metallonutraceuticals. Using an
interdisciplinary approach, this user-friendly text provides a
knowledge base and inspiration for new research in this exciting
field.
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