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Pasteur's Quadrant and Malnutrition
Author(s) -
Blackburn George L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2001.tb16111.x
Subject(s) - malnutrition , nutritional science , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , food science , pathology
Basic science has been the wellspring of advances in technology in everything from cellular phones to nutrient‐fortified foods. Biochemistry and food technology afford new techniques that enrich nutritional science and aid in the fight against malnutrition. Bionutrition, the term used to describe the application of these techniques, can be the source of innovations that will help eradicate malnutrition globally. Which areas of bionutrition research are most likely to yield tomorrow's breakthroughs?