Food as a drug

Food as a drug

In his Pulitzer Prize winning novel “The Emperor of all Maladies”, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee eloquently summarizes the history of rational drug design and its origins in understanding the impact of a foodderived bioactive compound (i.e., folic acid) in disease pathophysiology. Dr. Mukherjee reminds us that Sidney Farber’s 1948 seminal paper[1] in the New England Journal of Medicine set the frame...

Biodegradable Whey Protein Edible Films as a New Biomaterials for Food and Drug Packaging

       Food packaging extensively uses plastic films and containers of petroleum-based polymers for their excellent functional properties and competitive price. Plastic packaging has become a central focus of waste reduction efforts, particularly in aesthetic terms of damage to flora and fauna. Presently, consumers require greater quality and longer shelf lives for their foodstuffs, while they ...

From Food to Drug: Avicenna’s Perspective, a Brief Review

The Food and drug were developed by pharmacists and physicians, in particular Persian scientists throughout medical history. There was an especial view on the subject of nutrition and medications in Persian medicine (PM). Avicenna was one of the main Persian physicians who contributed to this field in the Canon of medicine “Al-qanun-fi-al-tibb”, his main medical and pharmaceutical text book in ...

biodegradable whey protein edible films as a new biomaterials for food and drug packaging

food packaging extensively uses plastic films and containers of petroleum-based polymers for their excellent functional properties and competitive price. plastic packaging has become a central focus of waste reduction efforts, particularly in aesthetic terms of damage to flora and fauna. presently, consumers require greater quality and longer shelf lives for their foodstuffs, while they demand ...

Food Safety Accounting: As a Novel Interdisciplinary Approach in Iran