Nutraceuticals: Efficacy, Safety and Toxicity, Second Edition, brings together everything that is currently known about nutraceuticals and their potential toxic effects. The book introduces readers to nutraceuticals, herbal medicines, Ayurvedic medicines, prebiotics, probiotics, adaptogens, and their uses and specific applications. This essential reference discusses the mechanism of action for the judicious use of these nutraceuticals and the best tools for their evaluation before detailing the safety and toxicity of nutraceuticals and interactions with other therapeutic drugs. Finally, and crucially, regulatory aspects from around the world are covered.

Completely revised and updated, this updated edition provides toxicologists, pharmacologists, pharmaceutical scientists, and those interested in medicinal plants and natural products with a comprehensive overview of the most effective tools upon which to evaluate the safety and toxicity of nutraceuticals, prebiotics, probiotics and alternative medicines.

Presents a completely revised and updated resource on the impact of nutraceuticals and various disease states such as diabetes and ophthalmic and dermal diseases
Grants an overview of the current state-of-the-science of nutraceuticals, their use and applications, and known adverse effects
Provides effective tools to evaluate the potential toxicity of any nutraceutical
Includes details of regulatory issues as written by international experts

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Information

Publisher

Academic Press

Year

2021

ISBN

9780128212462

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Toxicology

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
List of contributors
Introduction
Section I: Applications of nutraceuticals in common diseases and disorders
Section II: Models and mechanisms in evaluation of nutraceuticals
Section III: Common nutraceuticals
Section IV: Prebiotics and probiotics
Section V: Nutraceuticals in veterinary medicine
Section VI: Toxicity and toxic interactions
Section VII: Regulatory aspects
Index