NETRACEUTICALS

Nutraceutical is regarded as the bio active substance and the constituents are either of known therapeutic activity or are chemically defined substance generally accepted to contribute substantially to the therapeutic activity of the drug. Phytochemical screening involves botanical identification, extraction with suitable solvents, purification and characterization of the bioactive constituents of pharmaceutical importance. Quality control for the officially and safely of herbal product is essential. The quality control of photochemical may be defined as the status of a drug which is determined either by identity, purity, constant and other chemical physical biological properties or by manufacturing process compound with synthetic drug. The critical and approach for herbal drug are much more complex Nutraceutical, a portmanteau of the words “Nutrition” and “pharmaceutical”, is a food or food product that reportedly provides health and medical benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease. A product isolated or purified from foods that is generally sold in medical forms not usually associated with food. A nutraceutical is demonstrated to have a physiological benefit or provide protection against chronic disease. The dietary and advanced analytical techniques for the determination and quantification of various nutraceuticals, supplements and nutraceutical market is projected to achieve a global market size of about Rs. 90 billion in 2013 at a CAGR of 20.24%. There has been resurgence in the area of nutraceutical development in past few years especially because of the development of highly sophisticated.

The term nutraceutical was originally defined by Dr. Stephen L.DeFelice, founder and chairman of the Foundation of Innovation Medicine (FIM), Crawford, New Jersey. Since the term was coined by Dr. DeFelice, its meaning has been modified by Health Canada which defines nutraceutical as a product isolated or purified from foods, and generally sold in medicinal forms not usually associated with food and demonstrated to have a physiological benefit or provide protection against chronic disease. Examples are betacarotene and lycopene. Dr.Stephen DeFelice coined the term “Nutraceutical” from “Nutrition” and “Pharmaceutical” in 1989. The term nutraceutical is being commonly used in marketing but has no regulatory definition. The proposed definitions can help distinguish between functional foods, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements. Many nutraceuticals, functional foods and naturally occurring compounds that have been investigated and reported in various studies revealed that these products are extremely active, have profound effection cell metabolism and often have little adverse effect.

It is natural that peoples focus is shifting to positive approach for prevention of diseases to stay healthy. Nutraceuticals is scientific area generated all over the world. In many cases nutraceuticals off advantage over the synthetic drugs under development by the pharmaceuticals industry. It is novel pharmacological activity that are become interesting in their possible clinical use and thus helping in prevention and therapeutic in several diseases. Most of the pharmaceuticals companies often lack motivation on purpsue these dificulties in obtaining the patents. It is hope that government agencies and research centres will give support for further research in nutraceuticals. The Indian nutraceutical industry has great prospects. Over the last decade a wide range of products have been available, giving an insight into the tremendous growth. On one hand a booming economy has resulted in overall increase in disposable income of population. Added to this unhealthy, eating habits coupled with sedentary lifestyle have led to increase incidence of diet and its related health issues. On the other hand, there is a growing awareness on the importance of nutrition and diet for long term good health. These have contributed to a favorable market conditions for nutraceutical industry in India.