Abstract

ANALYSIS OF NUTRACEUTICALS BY CHROMATOGRAPHY

Harpalsinh Makvana* and Dr. Vaishali V. Karkhanis

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Abstract

Nutraceuticals are foods that benefit human health in a therapeutic way. It consists of herbal remedies, probiotics, prebiotics, and medical foods designed for illness prevention and therapy. Because of their alleged safety, nutraceuticals have attracted a lot of interest. These dietary supplements aid in the fight against some of the biggest health issues of the twenty-first century, including diabetes, osteoporosis, cancer, cardiovascular illnesses and cholesterin etc. Because they don't produce side effects, have naturally occurring dietary supplements, etc., nutraceuticals offer an edge over medications. Nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, and dietary supplements, among others, are categorised as nutraceuticals based on their natural source and chemical grouping. Dietary supplements and natural/herbal goods saw the industry's fastest growth rates. Analytical methods used to detect and/or quantify the many nutraceuticals found in natural matrices with a focus on more modern methods. The work is distributed according to the different methods available for the analysis for the nutraceuticals (separation, spectroscopic, hyphenated techniques, etc.). Information about the claimed health promoting effects of the different families of nutraceuticals and Techniques are also provided together with data on the natural matrices in which they can be found (e.g., fruits, vegetables, plants, microalgae, cereals, milk, etc.).

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