Nutraceuticals
“Food Is a Medicine of Health” HISTORY: Scientists are continually trying since the ancient period to make medicines from natural material and used for the treatment of disease. A physician hippocrates who is known as the Father of medicine, said that “let thy food be thy medicine and the medicine be thy food” (Chanda, S, et al., 2019). Stephen DeFelice, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM), coined a term “nutraceuticals” in 1989.The word nutraceutical is a combination of two words “nutrition” and “pharmaceutical” (Kalra, E. K. 2003). INTRODUCTION: Any substance that is either a part of food or food that provides both health and therapeutic benefits are called nutraceuticals. It can be used for the prevention and treatment of disease without any health effect (Shinde, N, et al., 2014). Nutraceuticals play a vital role in maintaining body health and prevents the body from diseases by provides essential supplements to regulate metabolic ...