Affiliation:
1. Shraddha Institute of Pharmacy, Washim, India
Abstract
Nutraceuticals are essential food constituents that have nutritional value with additional health benefits. Nutraceutical is a term derived from nutrition andpharmaceutics. These are the products that areisolated from herbal products, dietary supplements (nutrients), specific diets, and processed foods such as cereals, soups, and beverages which are also useful in thetreatment and prevention of many diseases .
Nutraceuticals may be used to improve health, delay the aging process, prevent chronic diseases, increase life expectancy, and regulate the functions of the human body . Nutraceutical powder are the preparation that come as powdered herbal materials meant for direct use or by incorporation into foods, beverages for drinking, insufflations and wounds . They may be finely sifted herbal materials from various parts of plants meant for a particular therapeutic effect
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