Clinical Aspects of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals

Dilip Ghosh is the director of Nutriconnect in Australia and an honorary ambassador at Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI). He received his PhD in biomedical science from the University of Calcutta, India. He has held positions at Organon (India), the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, and the Smart Foods Centre at the University of Wollongong in Australia. He is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition and a member of the editorial board of several journals. Dr. Ghosh has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and numerous articles on food and nutrition in magazines and books. Debasis Bagchi received his PhD in medicinal chemistry in 1982. He is a professor in the department of pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Houston and the chief scientific officer at Cepham Inc. in New Jersey. He is the chair of the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, past president of American College of Nutrition, and past chair of the Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods division of the Institute of Food Technologists. Dr. Bagchi is also a member of the Society of Toxicology and the New York Academy of Sciences as well as a fellow of the Nutrition Research Academy. He has published 299 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 24 books, and is cited in numerous patents.Tetsuya Konishi is a professor emeritus of functional and analytical food sciences at Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences (NUPALS) in Japan. He obtained his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences from Tokyo College of Pharmacy. Dr. Konishi was appointed as research biochemist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and later led the laboratory in the department of biophysics and radiochemistry at NUPALS, where he was also a professor. He has published more than 160 original research papers and reviews in peer-reviewed journals. He has also been a member of the editorial board of several journals.He has funded and directed the INSDH (International Niigata Symposium on Diet and Health) since 1999.

"This book will provide a valuable resource to all professionals in the functional food space, especially to those who are targeting future health claims and who are seeking to gain an improved understanding of where the functional food sector sits in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment."—Steve Morrison, P2F Ventures Limited, UK, in Food & Nutrition Research

• Introduction. Science Underpinning Health Benefits. Problems and Challenges to Industries, Consumers, and Policy Makers. Innovation versus Regulation. Farm to Clinic Approach/Functional Aspects of Food Factors. Future Trends.