Abstract

A REVIEW ON EMERGING IMPORTANCE AND ASPECTS OF NUTRACEUTICALS IN THE RECENT DECADE

Madhavi A. Shahapurkar*, Amit A. Shahapurkar and Dr. Rajesh A. Shastry

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Abstract

Nutraceuticals are the products which have gained a lot of importance in the recent past owing to their general health benefits and potentially low side effects. As people are more and more conscious and concerned about their health and adopt as many measures to be free from diseases, the nutraceuticals have become inevitable part of their regular diet. The food products used as nutraceuticals can be in the form of dietary fibre, prebiotics, probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants and other different types of herbal/ natural foods. Recent studies on nutraceuticals have shown promising results in various complications apart from their general dietary benefits. In this present review, effort has been devoted to project the emerging importance about nutraceuticals in day to day life.

Keywords: Nutraceuticals, prebiotics, probiotics, antioxidants, herbals.