Panminerva Med. 2011 Sep;53(3 Suppl 1):I-II.
It is now possible to define food supplements on the basis of their preclinical or clinical action. Nutraceuticals and food supplements when used as drugs to prevent or treat clinical conditions could be defined as Pre-drugs (Preventive drugs or pre-clinical drugs). Nutraceuticals, when used with the aim to limit the continuous use of patented drugs, theoretically more dangerous, more expensive and causing more interactions could be defined as Substitutive-low-risk (SLR)-drugs.For these natural products the real ground of evaluation is the patient, or the subject at risk, possibly, the borderline patient. In this supplement, our research group and network present some of our recent research and innovations particularly focusing on 'natural compounds' of very high preventive and clinical potentials. The combination of so many experts from different medical fields makes this interaction very interesting and promising. More studies and more applications for nutraceuticals and food supplements are coming.
现在可以根据食品补充剂的临床前或临床作用对其进行定义。如果将营养保健品和食品补充剂用作预防或治疗临床病症的药物，那么它们可以被定义为前药（预防药物或临床前药物）。如果营养保健品旨在限制专利药物的持续使用，而这些药物理论上更危险、更昂贵且更容易产生相互作用，那么它们可以被定义为替代低风险（SLR）药物。对于这些天然产品，真正的评估基础是患者或有风险的个体，可能是处于边缘状态的患者。在本次增刊中，我们的研究小组和网络展示了我们最近的一些研究和创新成果，特别关注具有非常高的预防和临床潜力的“天然化合物”。来自不同医学领域的众多专家的合作使这种互动非常有趣和有前途。更多关于营养保健品和食品补充剂的研究和应用正在涌现。
