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  • NUTRACEUTICALS



  • T.Shivakumar

  • B.PHARMACY

  • shiva.pharmacist_at_gmail.com

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  • NUTRACEUTICALS
  • Let Food be Your Medicine


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  • An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

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  • Greek Physician Hippocrates,
  • Known as father of Medicine.
  • (said several centuries ago)
  • Let Food be Your Medicine
  • The Philosophy behind is
  • Focus on Prevention

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  • Nutraceutical can be defined as
  • The term
    Nutraceutical was coined from Nutrition
    Pharmaceutical in 1989 by Stephen DeFelice,MD,
    Founder and Chairman of the Foundation for
    Innovation in Medicine (FIM).
  • A food or part of food or nutrient, that
    provides health benefits, including the
    prevention and treatment of a disease.

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  • A Diet supplement that delivers a concentrted
    form of a biologically active component of food
    in a non food matrix to enhance health.
  • Health promoting compounds or products that
    have been isolated from food sources.

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  • Broadly can be defined as
  • Nutrients Substances which have established
  • Nutritional functions e.g. Vitamins, Minerals,
    Amino Acids, Fatty acids, etc.
  • Herbals/ Phytochemicals Herbs or Botanical
    products
  • Dietary Supplements Probiotics, Prebiotics,
    Antioxidants, Enzymes, etc.

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CLASSIFICATION
  • I.Based on the beneficial ingredient
  • Anti oxidants,carotenoids
  • Dairybased ingredients
  • Minerals
  • Probiotics and Prebiotics
  • Proteins Peptides Aminoacids
  • Soyabased ingredients

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  • II. Based on Therapeutic Use
    Nutraceuticals
  • For bone joint health- fish oils
  • For Migrane risk reduction- tea
  • For Cancer risk reduction- soy
  • For Eye health- leutin
  • For Diabetes- fenugreek

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LYCOPENE
  • Latin name Lycopersicon E
  • Local name Tomato
  • Parts used Fruits
  • Uses Antioxidant,

    Food colouring,
    Very important
    for optimum health

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LEUTIN
  • Local name Marigold
  • Family Asteraceae
  • Uses Prevents the cataract,
    Protects macula of eye

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NUTRIENTS
  • Most common Nutrients used/ supplemented as
    Nutraceutical are
  • Minerals and Vitamins.
  • or in combination
  • or in combination with other antioxidants

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Health Benefits of different common nutrients
  • Vitamins
  • Fat Soluble Vitamins
  • Vitamin A Acts as antioxidant, essential for
    growth and development, maintains healthy vision,
    skin and mucous membranes, may aid in the
    prevention and treatment of certain cancers and
    in the treatment of certain skin disorders.

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  • Vitamin D Essential for formation of bones and
    teeth, helps the body to absorb and use
  • calcium
  • Vitamin E Antioxidant, helps to form blood
    cells, boosts immune system
  • Vitamin K Essential for blood clotting

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Water Soluble Vitamins
  • Vitamin C Antioxidant, necessary for healthy
    bones, gums, teeth and skin. Helps in wound
    healing, prevent from common cold
  • Vitamin B 1 Helps in carbohydrate metabolism,
    essential for neurological function.
  • Vitamin B 2 Energy metabolism, maintain healthy
    eye, skin and nerve function.

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  • Vitamin B 3 Energy metabolism, brain function
  • Vitamin B 6 Helps to produce essential proteins,
    convert proteins to energy
  • Vitamin B 12 Help in producing genetic material,
    formation of RBC, maintenance of CNS, synthesis
    of amino acids, involved in metabolism of
    protein, fat and carbohydrate.

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Herbals
  • Aloe vera Anti-inflammatory, emollient, wound
    healing,
  • Garlic Antibacterial, antifungal,
    antithrombotic, antiinflammatory,
  • Ginger carminative, antiemetic, treatment of
    dizziness

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  • Green tea Antioxidant, reduces risk of CVD,
    enhances humoral and cell mediated Immunity,
  • Vegetables, fruits, whole grain, herbs, nuts and
    various seeds contain an abundance of phenolic
    compounds, terpenoids, sulphur compounds,
    pigments etc. that has been associated with
    protection / treatment of certain disease
    conditions,

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Phytochemicals
  • Phytochemicals could provide health benefits as
  • Substrate for biochemical reactions
  • Cofactors of enzymatic reactions
  • Inhibitors of enzymatic reactions
  • Absorbents that bind to eliminate undesirable
    constituent in the intestine
  • Scavengers of reactive or toxic chemicals

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  • Enhance the absorption and / or stability of
    essential nutrients
  • Selective growth factor for beneficial bacteria
  • Fermentation substrate for beneficial bacteria
  • Selective inhibitors of deleterious intestinal
    bacteria

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CONCLUSION
  • Nutraceuticals are present in most of the food
    ingredients with varying concentration
  • Concentration, time and duration of supply of
    nutraceuticals influence human health
  • Manipulating the foods, the concentration of
    active ingredients can be increased
  • Diet rich in nutraceuticals along with regular
    exercise, stress reduction and maintenance of
    healthy body weight will maximise health and
    reduce disease risk

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