Are nutraceuticals the modern panacea? From myth to science

Pietro Minuz¹, Giampaolo Velo^{2

3}, Francesco Violi⁴, Albert Ferro⁵

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Internal Medicine C, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² Pharmacology Unit, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
³ International School of Pharmacology, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Trapani, Italy.
⁴ Clinica Medica, Atherothrombosis Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Division, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, UK.

Editorial

Pietro Minuz et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;83(1):5-7.

doi: 10.1111/bcp.13142.

Pietro Minuz¹, Giampaolo Velo^{2

3}, Francesco Violi⁴, Albert Ferro⁵

¹ Unit of Internal Medicine C, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² Pharmacology Unit, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
³ International School of Pharmacology, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Trapani, Italy.
⁴ Clinica Medica, Atherothrombosis Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Division, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, King's College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: antioxidants; diet; ethno-pharmacology; nutraceuticals; nutrition.

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