Several chemical substances belonging to classes of natural dietary origin display protective properties against some age-related diseases including neurodegenerative ones, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD). These compounds, known as nutraceuticals, differ structurally, act therefore at different biochemical and metabolic levels and have shown different types of neuroprotective properties. ...

This commentary sketches out the politics of the expansion of affordable, fast-moving nutraceutical products into rural India, with a focus on fortified foods and beverages. It examines the relationships between industry, government and humanitarian organisations that are being forged alongside the development of markets for nutraceuticals; the production of evidence and the harnessing of scien...

BACKGROUND There is an increasing interest for combined nutraceuticals that can act on several points of lipid and glucose metabolism with preventive purposes. However, the simple assemblage of nutraceuticals with potentially additive mechanism of action need to be clinically tested. METHODS To assess the effects of a combination of nutraceuticals based on artichoke, red yeast rice, banaba, a...

It was more than 25 years ago that two German researchers quietly associated supplementation of glucosamine to horses with improvement of joint disease. In the 25 years since, glucosamine and its related chemical chondroitin have become the most extensively used non-allopathic treatment for articular inflammation and arthritis in horses. While the practice of supplementing arthritic horses with...

Algae produce some substances that have a positive effect on human health. are known as sources suitable for use in food and foods with the bioactive components they at high rate. These ingredients called nutraceuticals. Nutraceuticals products physiological benefits protective against chronic diseases generally recommended to be used medicines. Bioactive nutraceuticals from aquaculture; fish o...

Several important natural compounds, nutraceuticals–including vitamin E (tocotrienols, tocopherols) and oryzanols–have been shown to have important health benefits and are found in rice bran. This study was conducted to provide information regarding levels of these nutraceuticals within the rice kernel based on bran collected from successive milling but also to determine the level of nutraceuti...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease and a leading cause of adult disability. There is no cure for OA, and no effective treatments which arrest or slow its progression. Current pharmacologic treatments such as analgesics may improve pain relief but do not alter OA disease progression. Prolonged consumption of these drugs can result in severe adverse effects. Given the nature of O...