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BIOACTIVE [3 records]

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Record 1 2007-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • Food Industries
DEF

[Said] of or relating to a substance that has an effect on living tissue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Se dit d'un aliment possédant des propriétés biologiques diverses ou encore des substances biologiquement active.

CONT

Des polymères biodégradables et bioactifs.

PHR

Yaourt bio-actif

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Food Industries
CONT

The document ... features introductory material on bioactives such as flavonoids, antioxidants and oligosaccharides, echinacea and other ingredients.

OBS

bioactive; bio-active: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • bioactives,bio-actives

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Les chercheurs [...] mènent [...] des activités de recherche, de développement et de commercialisation portant sur des produits bioactifs naturels destinés à l'industrie pharmaceutique ainsi qu'aux secteurs des nutraceutiques et des produits de beauté [...]

OBS

produit bioactif : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • produits bioactifs

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Industries
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
DEF

[A naturally occurring compound] that can have a biological effect on [the human body], independent of and in addition to the actual nutritional benefit that [it provides].

OBS

Not to be confused with "functional food" (a food item that has physiological benefits because it contains bioactive compounds) or with "nutraceutical" (an isolated bioactive compound generally sold in medicinal form).

OBS

bioactive: term generally used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • bio-active compound

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
CONT

Un nouveau composé bioactif, appelé méditerraneone, a été isolé à partir de l'algue Cystoseira mediterranea. Il s'agit d'un nouveau sesquiterpénoïde qui présente une activité d'inhibition de la croissance de certaines tumeurs végétales.

Key term(s)
  • composé bio-actif

Spanish

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