A Novel Approach towards Nutraceuticals and Biomedical Applications

Abstract

Nutraceuticals is a broad term derived from nutrition and pharmaceutical. Nutraceuticals are used as a part of food for preventing and treating many acute and chronic diseases. Nutraceuticals are divided into three main categories including herbs, nutrients and dietary supplements. The food products which are used as nutraceuticals are dietary fibers, prebiotics, probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants, spices and some other types of types of herbs and natural foods. Probiotics are ingested for their positive advantages in the digestive tract or systemic area like in the liver, brain, vagina or blood stream. Antioxidants are essential for treatment of almost all diseases because most chronic diseases occur due to oxidative stress. Flavonoids and phytochemicals have antioxidant properties due to which it act as therapeutic agents for various diseases such as anti-cancerous.Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are used for lowering the high levels of cholesterol in cardiovascular diseases and many inflammatory diseases.

Origin, Evolution, Breeding, and Omics of Chayote, an Important Cucurbitaceae Vegetable Crop

“…Bioactive compounds can be divided into two groups: nutrients and nutraceuticals. Nutraceuticals, derived from "nutrition" and "pharmaceuticals, " are non-nutritive plant chemicals with high antioxidant activity that sustain or promote health and have attracted the attention of the food and pharmaceutical industries (Meisel, 1997;Nasri et al, 2014;Santini and Novellino, 2017;Ghani et al, 2019). The effects of chayote on anti-cardiovascular diseases are primarily owing to its flavonoids (Juan et al, 2001;Lamuela-Raventos, 2005;García-Lafuente et al, 2009), which prevent atherosclerosis and fatty liver by reducing the contents of serum lipids and cholesterol (Meisel, 1997).…”

Functional Foods: An Approach to Modulate Molecular Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease

“…Hence, who deals with cardiovascular diseases will be more interested in those compounds improving the lipid profile and with anti-inflammatory action, as well as who deals with oncology will be more interested in knowing those compounds having anticancer properties. (iii) Classification of nutraceuticals based on their chemistry nature Based on the chemical nature of the different compounds, consistently with [52], nutraceuticals can be classified as:…”

“…Hence, who deals with cardiovascular diseases will be more interested in those compounds improving the lipid profile and with anti-inflammatory action, as well as who deals with oncology will be more interested in knowing those compounds having anticancer properties. Classification of nutraceuticals based on their chemistry nature Based on the chemical nature of the different compounds, consistently with [ 52 ], nutraceuticals can be classified as: Dietary fibers: substances of vegetable origin present in foods that are not metabolized in the large digestive tract and increase volume of the intestinal content. Chemically, dietary fiber means carbohydrate polymers with a degree of polymerization not lower than 3, which are neither digested nor absorbed in the small intestine.…”

“…Based on the chemical nature of the different compounds, consistently with [ 52 ], nutraceuticals can be classified as: Dietary fibers: substances of vegetable origin present in foods that are not metabolized in the large digestive tract and increase volume of the intestinal content. Chemically, dietary fiber means carbohydrate polymers with a degree of polymerization not lower than 3, which are neither digested nor absorbed in the small intestine.…”

A Review on Novel Approach towards the Methods for Detection of Growth Parameters in Plants

“…During this test, triphenyltetrazolium chloride detected or be appear as a red colour and enzyme dehydrogenase shows biological activity in the root of mitochondrial respiratory chain [24]. Root sample collected from plants, grinded into fine powder to make a thick paste for testing the root activity in plants [25]. The root activity in plants measured within twenty four to forty eight hours.…”