What is a Bioactive Compound? A Combined Definition for a Preliminary Consensus
2014; Science Publishing Group; Volume: 3; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.11648/j.ijnfs.20140303.16
ISSN2327-2716
AutoresAbdelkarim Guaâdaoui, Soumaya Benaicha, Naima ELMAJDOUB, Mohammed Bellaoui, Abdellah Hamal,
Tópico(s)Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
ResumoThe definition of "bioactive compound" knowdynamism, because the scientific research on the bioactivity potential is booming nowadays. And since there is no unifying definition, attempts to find a consensus and some common elements of the concept associated with the term "bioactive" did not stop, even if vague definitions and repeated use of the operative word "bioactive" almost integrated the term in a category of magic words! This paper tried to find a combined definition which can be a platform to develop the "bioactive" concept, and reach a solid consensus on the term "bioactive compound". We use, for the first time, the term of "biocompounactive" tomore simplify the use of bioactive compound in relation with their physicochemical and biological properties.
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