Biologically Active Substances Usable in Food, Pharmaceutical and Agrobiological Fields [Hardcover]

This concise text on biologically active substances of the food, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries presents data on natural compounds of vegetable and animal origin. Various nutrients in food, phytochemical and zoochemicals are discussed including their uses?and therapeutic purposes in personalized medicine.

1. BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES: CONCEPTUAL AND APPLICATIVE ASPECTS

??? Zeno Garban, Gheorghe Ilia

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Characteristics of the chemical composition of the living organisms

1.2.1. Basic concepts

1.2.2. Bioconstituents, nutrients and chemical xenobiotics

1.3.? Metabolisation of nutrients

1.3.1. Basic concepts

1.3.2. Phases and metabolization pathways

1.4. Biotransformation of chemical xenobiotics

1.4.1. Basic concepts

1.4.2. Phases and pathways of biotransformation

1.5. Metabolsation and biotransformation: Similitudes and discrepancies

1.6. Apparata and systems

1.7. Admission of biologically active substances in the body

1.7.1. Basic concepts

1.7.2.? Gastrointestinal route

1.7.3. Pulmonary route

1.7.4. Cutaneous route

1.8. Barriers in biochemistry

1.8.1. Tissue barriers of the body

1.8.2. Membrane barriers of cells

1.9. Biomarkers in the investigation of biologically active substances

1.9.1. Types of biomarkers

1.9.2. Applications of biomarkers

1.10. Biologically active substances in ethnobiology - overview
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