Nutraceuticals: Pharmacologically Active Potent Dietary Supplements

Table 1

Nutraceutical foods and their therapeutic uses.

Nutraceutical/nutrients	Therapeutic uses	References
Ketogenic/Atkins diets (high protein and fat diet with low carbohydrates)	Benefits against diabetes, cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s disease	[55, 56]
Minimally refined grains, cereals, and fortified grains	Reduce diabetes, prevent gastrointestinal cancers	[57]
Phytoestrogens (soya flour and linseeds)	Enhance estrogen levels, prevent hot flushes & cancers	[57]
Edible mushrooms (Tonnage, Lentinus, Pleurites, Auricularia, Flammulina, Tremella, Hericium, & Grifola)	Immunomodulatory, lipid-lowering, and antitumor activity	[58]
Glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate	Osteoarthritis	[59]
Peptides/hydrolysates (casein, buckwheat proteins, & whey proteins)	ACE inhibitor, reduce cholesterol and hypertension, improve constipation & obesity	[60]
Dairy foods/bio yoghurts (probiotics, Lactobacillus acidophilus, & Bifidobacterium)	Promote gut health,	[61]
Fatty acids (LCPUFAs)	Important for foetal & infant development	[62]