Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals

Research

Government

• Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Research Branch
• AAFC Research Centers:
  • Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre
  • Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre
  • Food Research Program
  • Food Research & Development Centre
  •Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre
  •Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
  •Saskatoon Research Centre
  •Southern Crop and Food Protection Research Centre
• AAFC Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration:
  • Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre
  • Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre
  • PFRA Shelterbelt Centre
• National Research Council, Institute of Marine BioSciences
• U.S. National Institutes of Health
• USDA Agricultural Research Service Action Plan on Health Promoting Properties of Plant and Animal Foods

Universities and Institutes

• The Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics
• University of Alberta
• University of Saskatchewan
• University of Toronto
• Richardson's Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, University of Manitoba
• National Centre for Agri-Food Research in Medicine (NCARM), St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre
• Functional Food and Nutraceutical Research Institute, Université Laval
• Guelph Food Technology Centre
• Laboratory Services Division, University of Guelph
• Human Nutraceutical Research Unit, University of Guelph
• Food Research Centre, University of Moncton
• Functional Foods for Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Chicago
• The Nutraceutical Institute
• International Life Sciences Institute
• PEI Food Technology Centre
• Phytochemical Metabolism Group, McGilll University
• POS Pilot Plant
• Herb Research Foundation
• Functional Food and Nutraceutical Research Institute, Université Laval (French Only)
• Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Institute (INAF)
• Institute for Nutrisciences and Health

Associations

• Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Institute of Food Technologists
• Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Nutraceutical and Functional Food Alliance
• Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre

Research Funding

• Revenue Canada Scientific Research and Experimental Development
  •Guelph Food Technology Centre
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Matching Investment Initiative
• Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Networks of Centres of Excellence
• Canada Research Chairs Program
• National Research Council of Canada:
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • NSERC Industry Programs
• Health Canada Office of Natural Health Products
  Research Priority-Setting Conference, November 1999
• US National Institutes of Health

Patent Information

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• European Patent Office
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

References

• Wellness West Infrastructure Database
• Functional Foods - more than just nutrition
• University of Guelph: Let Food be Your Medicine
• Dynamic Foresight: Crops for Enhanced Health
• USDA Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods - Food researchers believe flavonoids are important compounds in food and may reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. The database shows flavonoid content of foods ranging from beer to blueberries.
• Saskatchewan Natural Health Products & Functional Foods R&D Cluster : SNN database on research and product development of Natural Health Products & Functional Foods
• Directory of researchers and research activities in the area of natural health products in Western Canada

  • Alphabetical listing of researchers | PDF format
  • Listing by research category | PDF format
  • Listing by province | PDF format

• Nutraceutical and Functional Food Alliance (NFFA): Directory of suppliers and researchers
• Anthocyanins in fruits, vegetables, and grains
• BioMedNet
• Medicinal Food News
• Functional Food Products from Selected Canadian Crops
• Inhibitory effects of anthocyanins and berry phenolic compounds on nitric oxide production in animal cells
• Effects of anthocyanins and other phenolic compounds on the
  production of tumor necrosis
• Sea Buckthorn products: Manufacture and Composition
• Extraction of Anthocyanins and Other Phenolics from Black Currants with Sulfured Water
• Flaxseed as a functional food source
• Download this order form available in PDF format only;
  Functional Foods and Nutraceutical Series | (PDF Help)

Date Modified: 2004-10-08		Important Notices
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