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Review
. 2022 Jul 4:2022:2051017.
doi: 10.1155/2022/2051017. eCollection 2022.

Nutraceuticals: Pharmacologically Active Potent Dietary Supplements

Subhash Chandra  1 , Sarla Saklani  1 , Pramod Kumar  2 , Bonglee Kim  3 , Henrique D M Coutinho  4
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Review

Nutraceuticals: Pharmacologically Active Potent Dietary Supplements

Subhash Chandra et al. Biomed Res Int. .

Abstract

A growing demand exists for nutraceuticals, which seem to reside in the grey area between pharmaceuticals and food. Nutraceuticals, up today, do not have a specific definition distinct from those of other food-derived categories, e.g., food supplements, herbal products, functional foods, and fortified foods. They have, however, a pharmacological beneficial effect on health. Many studies have been recently addressed to assess their safety, efficacy, and regulation. The object of writing this review article is that we need to pay more attention to natural and organic foods. The bases of nutraceutical components (food supplements) are known for potent and powerful clinical evidence effects on the treatment of hypertension and type 2 diabetes.

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The authors do not have any warfare of hobby or monetary or any other case.

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Some of the important bioactive phytonutrients.
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Clinical condition involving reactive oxygen species.
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