Review Article

2022  |  Vol: 7(2)  |  Issue: 2(March-April) | https://doi.org/10.31024/apj.2022.7.2.1

Nutraceuticals: Use of additives, applications and regulatory aspects

Satish Shilpi*

Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Gwalior (M.P.), India

*Address for Corresponding Author

Dr. Satish Shilpi

Associate Professor, Amity Institute of Pharmacy

Amity University, Gwalior (M.P.), India

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Abstract

Nutraceuticals are substance that's a food or a part of food that provides medicinal or health benefits including the averting and treatment of disorders. It's also defined as a product sequestered or purified from the food generally retailed in the medicinal form not propped with food and demonstrated to have a physiological benefit and give protection against chronic disease. A nutraceuticals are nontoxic substance considered as a food or its part which, in addition to its normal which, in addition to its normal nutritive value provides health benefits including the averting of disease or boost of health. The functional element of the food must be formalized in the nutraceuticals product and produced under good manufacturing practices (GMPs). Billions of people lean on the recovery power of plant-based medicinal products for numerous reasons- accessibility, affordability, safety, or their belief in traditional affordability, or belief in traditional cures. It's generally used to manage numerous chronic and acute disorders including cancer, arthritis, cardiovascular, GIT diseases, immunomodulator, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, antioxidant, etc. Different conventional and smart excipients (co-processed excipients) are used to formulate nutraceutical product. This review explored the utilization of nutraceuticals, the use of the different types of excipients, and the regulatory aspects of nutraceutical products and excipients used for the development of nutraceutical products.

Keywords: Nutraceuticals, excipients, regulatory aspects, co-processed excipients, acute and chronic diseases management