Review on nutraceuticals: phase transition from preventive to protective care

Abstract

Nutraceuticals are essential for healthcare which is an alternative medicine that has gained popularity in recent years. Nutraceuticals consist of nutrients, herbals, and dietary supplements, which make them useful in preserving and promoting health, fighting illness, and improving overall quality of life. Its success or failure will be determined by its rapid expansion, research advances, lack of standards, marketing enthusiasm, quality assurance, and regulations. Nutraceuticals have been used in different regions under different names/categories. however, globally there are no stringent pharmaceutical standards for nutraceutical health products till date, but slowly regulators are paying attention on it. Nutraceuticals can be broadly classified according to it clinical significance, source and therapeutic effects. Nutraceuticals and functional foods have grown to be a multibillion-dollar business worldwide in recent years and personalization is the emerging approach to deliver the best therapeutic effect in future. This review carries extensive information about nutraceutical history, classification, regulatory aspects and industrial perspective.

Bioactive Compounds and Therapeutics from Fish: Revisiting Their Suitability in Functional Foods to Enhance Human Wellbeing

“…Nutraceuticals, which combine two words, nutrient and medicinal component (pharmaceutical) [ 9 ], simply depict food extracts/products that possess health benefits, ranging from delivery in the form of functional foods/ingredients to disease prevention/treatment [ 2 ]. Nutraceuticals, including vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids, from different sources have strong health improvement properties and can delay the process of aging, increase life expectancy, prevent chronic diseases, and/or improve the body function/structure [ 4 , 10 ]. Currently, nutraceuticals have gained many interests because of their potent nutritional properties, therapeutic effects, and relative safety.…”

Between Medicines and Nutraceuticals in the Control of Diabetes Mellitus

“…These products can be classified on the basis of their natural sources, pharmacological conditions, as well as chemical constitution of the products. Most often, nutraceuticals are grouped into four categories that include dietary supplements, functional food, medicinal food, and pharmaceuticals 14 .…”

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“…Isoflavones have received considerable attention as potentially preventing and treating cancer and osteoporosis. 8 Consuming soybean products in mice prevented the development of experimental prostate cancer and changed tumor biomarkers linked to angiogenesis. Even while epidemiological statistics indicate that soy may reduce the risk of breast and prostate cancer, there isn't much proof that it also protects against colon cancer.…”

“…7 The word nutraceuticals, coined by Dr. Stephen de Felice, derived from the words "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical", is a food or food product that provides health and medical benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease. 8 A potential nutraceutical is one that holds a promise of a particular health or medical benefit; such a potential nutraceutical only becomes an established one after there is sufficient clinical data to demonstrate such a benefit. 9 A nutraceutical demonstrates physiological benefits or offers protection from chronic disease as a result.…”

“…The growing awareness of nutraceutical benefits and the shift of healthcare economics in favour of nutraceuticals brought nutraceutical medicine into the spotlight of government health policy on the systematic use of nutraceuticals in the prevention and/or control of various chronic diseases. 8 This chapter delves into the impact of the abundance of information available on the development and utilization of phytochemicals as nutraceuticals. The focus will be on providing a comprehensive overview of the supporting evidence that underscores the protective and health-promoting effects of phytochemicals.…”