Handbook of Nutraceuticals, Volume 1: Ingredients, Formulations, and Applications lists information on many ingredients used in nutraceuticals, developing their formulations and applications. The book includes contributions from experts with pharmaceutical backgrounds, providing an examination of nutraceuticals from a pharmaceutical perspective.

Building a foundation with coverage of historical background, definitions, and challenges, the book offers insight into nutraceutical ingredients from plant, animal, and mineral origin. It then covers the characterization of nutraceuticals’ physicochemical, analytical, pharmacological, and pharmacokinetic classification, followed by information on regulatory requirements. The book highlights applications in cardiovascular disease, bone and joint treatments, diabetes management, weight management, skin health, probiotics and prebiotics, tranquilizing medicinal plants, dietary foods, and more.

Features:

• •Provides information on regulatory aspects and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs)
• Discusses the formulation aspects of nutraceuticals to aid in product development
• Covers analytical methods for developing robust reproducible products
• Presents monographs on each nutraceutical that follow a unified format
• Includes coverage of safety, toxicity and the future of nutraceuticals
• Focuses on nutraceutical formulations aimed at specific diseases or disorders

Contents

1. Nutraceuticals of Antiquity
2. Nutraceuticals: Defi nitions, Formulations, and Challenges
3. Potential Nutraceutical Ingredients from Plant Origin
4. Animal Origin
5. Nutraceuticals with Mineral Origin
6. Physiochemical Characterization of Nutraceuticals
7. Development of Techniques for Analysis of Nutraceuticals with Specific Reference to Glucosamine and Coenzyme Q10
8. Pharmacological Characterization of Nutraceuticals
9. Biopharmaceutical and Pharmacokinetic Characterization of Nutraceuticals
10. Regulatory Considerations for Dietary Supplements and Functional cGMPs
11. Nutraceuticals for the Cardiovascular System
12. Nutraceuticals in Diabetes Management
13. Curcumin: A Versatile Nutraceutical and an Inhibitor of Complement
14. Probiotics and Prebiotics as Nutraceuticals
15. Nutraceuticals and Weight Management
16. Nutraceuticals for Bone and Joint Diseases
17. Skin Health
18. Tranquilizing Medicinal Plants: Their CNS Effects and Active Constituents—Our Experience
19. Dietary Foods
20. Antiviral Nutraceuticals from Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Juice
21. Herbal Remedy: Safe or Not Safe? How to Use Them?
22. Nutraceuticals: Reflections

Index

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