A Comprehensive Review On Nutraceuticals: Classification, Therapeutic Applications

Abstract

As non-specific biological medicines, nutraceutical items are used to control symptoms, prevent malignant processes, and improve general health. "Nutraceutical" is a combination of the terms "nutrient," which describes a healthy food ingredient, and "pharmaceutical," which describes a therapeutic therapy. They are primarily divided into three categories: commercial, non-commercial, and traditional nutraceuticals. Prebiotics, probiotics, nutritional supplements, functional foods, pharmaceutical foods, and other subcategories are important to prevent disease like diabetes, obesity, cancer, Alzheimer's disease. Because their health benefits, nutraceuticals are in high demand worldwide. Due to their potential nutritional and therapeutic benefits as well as their assumed safety, nutraceuticals have notable attention. Pharmaceutical and nutritional firms are aware of the financial gains from exploiting consumers who are becoming more health-conscious and the shifting trends that are leading to the emergence of these value-added goods that target everything from cancer to heart health. Classification, applications, marketed nutraceutical goods, global market demand, regulatory frameworks, and current and future characteristics of nutraceuticals are the main topics of this article.