Background Dyslipidemia is a major risk for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study is to review the effects of nutraceuticals to modify lipid disorders in children. Materials and Methods The literature research was conducted in EMBASE, Medline, PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and Cochrane library from 2002 until January 2015. The following keywords were used: dyslipidemia, hyperlipi...

Fourteen brands of resveratrol-containing nutraceuticals were evaluated in order to verify their actual resveratrol content and to control if their health-promoting properties are related to manufacturing quality. Products included pure resveratrol capsules or multi-ingredient formulations with standardized amounts of resveratrol and other phytochemicals. Samples were analyzed for total trans-r...

The objective of this study was to explore the influence different particle concentrations (0.5%–3.0 %, w/v), microfluidization pressures (0–150 MPa) and heating temperatures (30–70 °C) on physicochemical stability, microstructure, in vitro digestion ?-carotene loaded Pickering emulsions stabilized by curcumin complex nanoparticles. optimum parameters for fabrication stable were 2.0 % (w/v) con...

In recent years, complementary and alternative medicine has become increasingly popular. This trend has not escaped the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy community with one study showing that 80% of caregivers have provided their Duchenne patients with complementary and alternative medicine in conjunction with their traditional treatments. These statistics are concerning given that many supplements a...

the aim of the present study was to prepare an oral tablet from liquid yogurt by reforming the physical properties for easy transportation, long-term storage and also as a complementary dairy product in case of nutrient deficiency. the liquid fresh yogurt was lyophilized at -40°c and 0.03 mtor pressure. the dry powder was homogenized by a 12 mesh size sieve. some tests such as carr’s compressib...

Flavonoids that are found in nutraceuticals have many and varied effects on the activation of ionotropic receptors for GABA, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in our brains. They can act as positive or negative modulators enhancing or reducing the effect of GABA. They can act as allosteric agonists. They can act to modulate the action of other modulators. There is considerable evidence that...

Determination of pharmacokinetics (PKs) of multicomponent pharmaceuticals and/or nutraceuticals (polypharmacokinetics, poly-PKs) is difficult due to the vast number of compounds present in natural products, their various concentrations across a wide range, complexity of their interactions, as well as their complex degradation dynamics in vivo. Metabolomics coupled with multivariate statistical ...

In this review, we aim to provide an overview of the recent findings about treatment neovascular retinal diseases. The use conventional drugs and nutraceuticals endowed with antioxidant anti-inflammatory properties that may support therapies will be considered, final achieving risk reduction (prevention) outcome improvement (cooperation between treatments) such sight-threatening proliferative r...

BACKGROUND Although many health care professionals (HCPs) in the United States have been educated about and recommend dietary supplements, little is known about their personal use of dietary supplements and factors associated with their use. METHODS We surveyed HCPs at the point of their enrollment in an on-line course about dietary supplements between September, 2004 and May, 2005. We used m...

Better Crops/Vol. 84 (2000, No. 2) Functional foods are defined as foods that contain bio-active ingredients thought to enhance health and fitness. The active ingredients are phytochemicals, such as lycopene in tomatoes, allicin in garlic, or isoflavones in soybeans (Table 1). These phytochemicals, also called “nutraceuticals”, may be extracted and consumed as supplements, or may have therapeut...