Swarupananda M and Sohini B
A Nutraceutical product may be defined as a substance, which has physiological benefit or provides protection against chronic disease. The term is applied to products that are isolated from herbal products, dietary supplements, specific diets, and processed foods that other than nutrition are also used as medicine. The major two types are phytochemicals and antioxidants. Emphasis has been made to present herbal nutraceutical seffective on hard curative disorders related to oxidative stress, including Allergy, Alzheimer, Cardiovascular, Cancer, Diabetes, Eye, Immune, Inflammatory and Parkinson’s diseases, as well as obesity. Nutraceuticals provide functional benefits by augmenting the supply of natural building stocks in the body, i.e. it lessens disease symptoms and improves its action. A healthy life, self-confidence, improved working capacity can be achieved on the proper administration of nutraceuticals. Therefore, if research continues it may help future researchers in identifying a right plant molecule to treat different diseases or to develop food formulations for better management. The rational awareness “from treatment to prevention” leads the increase in demanding the nutraceuticals.
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