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Nutraceuticals: Promising Health Product

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Applied Chemistry and Polymer Technology, Delhi Technological University, Bawana Road, Delhi- 110 042, INDIA
  • 2 Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110 007, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Medical Sci., Volume 1, Issue (1), Pages 14-17, February,28 (2013)

Abstract

Nutraceuticals have received considerable interest in recent times because of their presumed safety and potential nutritional and pharmaceutical value.Nutraceuticals are substances which are not traditionally recognized nutrients but which have positive physiological effects on the human body. They are claimed to possess multiple therapeutic benefits. The medicinal plants represent one of the important fields of traditional medicine all over the world and hence an established constituents of nutraceuticals. The present article has been devoted towards better understanding of the basics about nutraceuticals and potential plant species.

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