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What is Nutraceuticals

Waste Management Techniques for Improved Environmental and Public Health: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Any product derived from food sources with extra health beneficial properties in addition to the basic nutritional value found in foods.
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Utilization of Agro Waste: An Approach for the Administration of Healthy Environment and Public Domain
Savita Budhwar (Central University of Haryana, India) and Manali Chakraborty (Central University of Haryana, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1966-0.ch006
Abstract
Agro-wastes are one of the major sources for nutritional and therapeutic purposes along with other beneficial properties according to some ongoing studies. Yet they are not being utilized properly; instead, these wastes are being discarded in open air, causing pollution. Conservation of such natural resources is a healthy approach, and it's economic and eco-friendly. too. Novel formulated food products from these agro-wastes can be utilized as an unconventional source of nutrients and a therapeutic weapon for diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, etc. along with normal human consumption. Utilization of such agro-wastes as food products will also be useful to combat malnourished state leading to rural development and maintenance of food security in cheap prices for a healthy seeks. It also shows a possible role as antibiotics, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, adsorbents, enzyme extracting sources, insulators, and food additives along with its contribution in solid state fermentation, beneficial in dairy industries.
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Impacts of Food Industrial Wastes on Soil and Its Utilization as Novel Approach for Value Addition
Neutraceuticals are defined as ingredients that have health benefits beyond basic nutrition. They are also defined as parts of a food or a whole food that have a medical or health benefit, including the prevention and treatment of disease.
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Phytochemistry and Antigenotoxic Properties of Six Ethnobotanically Important Members From the Family Zingiberaceae
These are the substances which can provide nutrition which is otherwise not available and able to provide certain physiological benefits.
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