Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON: NUTRACEUTICALS

Shraddha T. Nemane, Nilesh N. Shinde*, Yuvraj M. Katu and Rushikesh R. Waghmare

Abstract

Nutraceutical is the combination of these two i.e ‘Nutrition’ and ‘Pharmaceutical’. Nutraceuticals, in broad are food or a fraction of food singing or showing a significant function in modifying and maintaining normal physiological function that maintains healthy human beings. The principal reasons for the development of the nutraceutical market global are the current population and the health trends. The food products used as nutraceuticals can be categorized as differentally such as prebiotics, dietary fibre, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants and other various types of herbal or natural foods. The Nutraceuticals assist in fighting with several of the major health related issue of the current century such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, cholesterol etc. In entire, ‘Nutraceutical’ has led to the new era of medicine and health, in which the food industry has develop into a research-oriented sector.

Keywords: Dietary Fiber, nutraceuticals, prebiotics, polyphenols, spices, human diet.