Abstract

SIGNIFICANCE OF NUTRACEUTICALS IN IMMUNOTHERAPY

Ashwini Suryakant Ghawad*

Abstract

The two consequence aspects of a well-being human health are considered as a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle. To be healthy it is must to have a strong immune system. In today‟s era of modern synthetic chemical drugs there comes a lot of side effects and many more diseases following it. Thus, the use of naturally obtained drugs are having acceptance all over the globe. Not only these drugs are used as medicines but also as dietary supplements. Nutraceuticals play here a vital role in boosting immunity by providing the proper nutrition. These are nothing but the nutrition obtained from the natural source of drug they do not possess much side effects. Healthy diet ultimately leads to healthy immune system which however means healthy lifestyle. Nutraceuticals can be referred as the loop between the food and medicines which can be intake accordingly to its health benefits as per its nutritional value. The nutrition when extracted from its source is processed to form pharmaceutical drugs with the stabilised properties and proper efficacy is known as dietary supplements which are nowadays referred as the nutraceuticals. These can be considered as the link between diet and drugs and can act as proactive form of medicine. Whenever the topic related to health comes in discussion the immune system is something which have its own undeniable role in maintaining human health. Immunity is nothing but the defence mechanism of human body towards any foreign material entering in the human body. Immunity boosters are used to increase the efficiency of immune system. Immunotherapy also have its prominence in boosting immunity. Whenever a human body lacks in its defence mechanism for foreign matter increasing immunity seems to be the only option. And so readily increase in the pace of defence mechanism the immunotherapy is considered as the life saver for people worldwide facing the disturbance in functioning of immune system. In this review, the overall significance of nutraceuticals in immunotherapy is epitomized which includes its notability in different medicinal systems in treatment of diseases and disorders.

Keywords: Immunotherapy, Nutraceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Ayurveda, Antioxidants, Immunity.