Global Trends In Marine Nutraceuticals
An expanding body of scientific research indicates that the marine environment is a unique resource of functional food ingredients with health-promoting properties.
"Researchers may one day find in the ocean answers to questions that will help to realize dreams of lengthening life and memory, of retarding aging, and of cures for a variety of illnesses,” stated Jacques Cousteau, who is considered a pioneer of ocean exploration (Cousteau, 1975).
Much attention has been paid to exploration of potential nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals derived from the ocean. While the majority of nutraceutical products in the marketplace are of botanical origin, marine-based …
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