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The Role of Nutraceuticals as Food and Medicine, Types and Sources

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Nutraceuticals are food or parts of food that contain bioactives with physiological as well as medicinal effects. They can help maintain human health and are useful in preventing numerous acute and chronic diseases. Various food products such as prebiotics, probiotics, dietary fibers, fatty acids (polyunsaturated), antioxidants, spices, herbs, nutrients and dietary supplements can be considered nutraceuticals. Byproducts from food and agricultural sources are also valuable source of nutraceuticals e.g. leaves, peels, stems, seed flours. Nutraceuticals possess both nutritional as well as therapeutic value. Nutraceuticals are helpful for the prevention of various diseases such as overweight, CVD, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, increased sugar and cholesterol levels, etc. This chapter provides a preamble for the book about nutraceuticals, the various types, sources and importance.

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Mishra, A.P. et al. (2022). The Role of Nutraceuticals as Food and Medicine, Types and Sources. In: Egbuna, C., Sawicka, B., Khan, J. (eds) Food and Agricultural Byproducts as Important Source of Valuable Nutraceuticals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98760-2_1

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