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Review Papers | Pharmaceutical Science | India | Volume 13 Issue 5, May 2024 | Rating: 4.8 / 10
Nutraceuticals: A Comprehensive Review of the Current State and Future Directions of Food-Based Therapeutics
Bhosale Prachi P | Warude Chetan P [2] | Patil Harshada R [2]
Abstract: Nutraceuticals are the hybrid of ?nutrition? and ?pharmaceutical?. Nutraceuticals, in broad, are food or part of food playing a significant role in modifying and maintaining normal physiological function that maintains healthy human beings. The principal reasons for the growth of the nutraceutical market worldwide are the current population and health trends. The food products used as nutraceuticals can be categorized as dietary fiber, prebiotics, probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants, and other different types of herbal/ natural foods. These nutraceuticals help in combating some of the major health problems of the century such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, cholesterol, etc. On the whole, ?nutraceutical? has led to a new era of medicine and health, in which the food industry has become a research oriented sector.
Keywords: Nutraceuticals, Food, Health, Nutrition, Medicine, Phytochemicals, Antioxidants
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 5, May 2024,
Pages: 1623 - 1629