Nutraceuticals is a term derived from nutrition and pharmaceuticals. The term is applied to products that are isolated from herbal products, dietary supplements (nutrients), specific diets, and processed foods such as cereals, soups, and beverages that other than nutrition are also used as medicine.
Nutrients: Substances which have established Nutritional functions e.g. Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids, Fatty acids, etc.
Herbals/Phytochemicals: Herbs or Botanical products.
Dietary Supplements: Probiotics, Prebiotics, Antioxidents, Enzymes, etc.
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New Concepts in nutraceuticals as alternative for Pharmaceuticals
1. New Concepts in nutraceuticals as
alternative for Pharmaceuticals
Presented by
Sankar Baram
B.Pharm,VII Sem.
Reg.No: 20115100790158
Under the Supervision of
Mr. Arindam Chakraborty
Assistant Professor
2. Contents
Nutraceuticals
Types of Nutraceuticals
Nutraceuticals mainly consists of
Scope Of Nutraceuticals
Classification Of Nutraceuticals
Benefits of Nutraceuticals
Market trends of nutraceuticals
Future of Nutraceuticals
Safety measures of Nutraceuticals
Conclusion
References
3. Nutraceuticals
Nutraceuticals is a term derived from nutrition and
pharmaceuticals. The term is applied to products that are
isolated from herbal products, dietary supplements (nutrients),
specific diets, and processed foods such as cereals, soups, and
beverages that other than nutrition are also used as medicine.
4. Types of Nutraceuticals
1. Potential Nutraceuticals : Which has
promising approach towards health or
medicinal benefit.
2. Established Nutraceuticals: A Potential
Nutraceuticals becomes established &
sufficient clinical use
5. Nutraceuticals mainly consists of
1. Nutrients: Substances which have
established Nutritional functions e.g.
Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids, Fatty
acids, etc.
2. Herbals/Phytochemicals: Herbs or
Botanical products.
3. Dietary Supplements: Probiotics, Prebiotics,
Antioxidents, Enzymes, etc.
6. Scope Of Nutraceuticals
Disease Nutraceuticals Source
1. Joint health Glucosamine, Chondroitin Found in
ligaments,cartilages ,tissue,
tendonsProteoglycans of
articular cartilage
2. Cardiovascular health Melatonin, DHA,
Reseveratrol, Caretonoids,
Catechin
Bone marrow,
Fish ,Grapes, red
wine,Carrot,sweet potato,
Tea extracts
3. Eye health DHA, Caretonoids Linseed (flax oil), fish oil,
Barley, Spinach, Carrot,
sweet potatoes
4. Cancer prevention DHA, Reseveratro Flax seed, linseed, fish oil.
Redwine,grapesTomatoes,g
rape fruit, Tea extracts
(ellagic acid), Strawberry,
Raspberry
10. Benefits of Nutraceuticals
1. Nutraceuticals aid in illness prevention.
2. Assist customers in getting their
recommended daily intake of vitamins and
minerals.
3. These are less harmful than traditional
medications.
4. They are affordable and widely accessible
12. Future of Nutraceuticals
1. Nutraceuticals is pharma's future and the universal
desire to be healthier is driving the nutraceuticals market.
2. High growth opportunities are likely to be seen in the
coming years in soy protein nutrients, the functional food
ingredients like lutein, lycopene, omega-3 fatty acids,
probiotics the herbal extracts garlic and green tea and the
non-herbal extracts, glucosamine.
3. India will be a strong market for Nutraceutical
products as the players in the industry will be a
combination of large multi-nationals
13. Safety measures of Nutraceuticals
1. Nutraceuticals associated with genotoxicity
and carcinogenicity.
2. Toxicity based on interaction of nutraceuticals
with other drugs.
3. Contaminates compromising the quality of
nutraceuticals.
14. Conclusion
The nutraceutical industry is growing at a rate far exceeding
expansion in the food andsuccessful nutraceutical players are
likely to be those companies in which functional product are just
a part of a broad line of goods satisfying both conventional and
health value point. Future demand of nutraceutical depends on
consumer perception of the relationship between diet and
disease. Although nutraceuticals have significant promise inthe
promotion of human health and disease prevention ,health
professional, nutritionists and regulatory toxicologist should
strategically work together to plan appropriate regulation to
provide the ultimate health and therapeutic benefit to mankind.
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