Inventi Impact - Nutraceuticals
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Journal Scope:
Quarterly published in print and online ‘Inventi Rapid/Impact: Nutraceuticals’ publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. The journal covers all the areas in the growing field of nutraceuticals and functional food. Articles pertaining to following are particularly welcome: antioxidants and ageing; dietary fibre, prebiotics and probiotics; functional lipids and peptides; vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements; molecular nutrition and other aspects of disease prevention and treatment.
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FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF ZEA MAYS BASED NUTRACEUTICALS
Nutraceutical formulations attract a great deal of consideration in daily schedule due to its nontoxic and traditional use. Corn silk or the stigma of Zea mays is used traditionally in weight loss stimulation, treatment of cystitis, urinary infections and obesity. Corn silk is a waste material or by-product with abundant availability from corn cultivation contains variety of nutrients and phytoche...
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GREEN SEAWEED ULVA FACIATA: A FUNCTIONAL FOOD AND ITS ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
The oxidative damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) leads various diseases such as cancer, coronary heart diseases, renal failure, diabetes, ageing etc. There is an increasing interest in natural antioxidants due to the safety and toxicity problems of synthetic antioxidant. In this study, antioxidant potential of hot water extract of green seaweed Ulva faciata was analyzed by 1, 1-dipheny...
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NUTRACEUTICAL VALUE OF LICHENS, GRAPHIS AJAREKARII AND PARMOTREMA TINCTORUM AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN DIABETES
The lichens are being used as nutraceuticals by different cultures across the world. With this in mind, our attention was drawn towards determination of nutraceutical active lichens. As a result the pharmaceutically active profile of lichens, Graphis ajarekarii and Parmotrema tinctorum was evaluated. The different extracts from lichens, G. ajarekarii and P. tinctorum were evaluated for their antio...
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PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY METABOLITES EXTRACTED FROM THE VENOM GLAND AND BODY TISSUE OF CONUS BETULINUS (LINNAEUS, 1758)
Marine cone snails are potential organisms as a great source for deriving the non-nutritive pharmacologically active chemicals. In this study, the secondary metabolites of crude aqueous extract from the both venom gland and body tissue of marine gastropod, Conus betulinus were investigated, employing the preliminary biochemical tests which included iodine, wagner, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, ...
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PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF EDIBLE AND POTENTIALLY USEFUL BRACHYURAN CRABS OF PARANGIPETTAI, SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA
The present study focuses on determining the proximate composition of 26 brachyuran crabs which includes 13 edible and 13 potentially useful crabs for edible purposes. Maximum percentage of protein content (on dry weight basis) was recorded in Scylla serrata (76.03±0.1 %) and minimum in Charybdis lucifera (66.53±0.4%), maximum lipid was recorded in Scylla olivacea (5.65±0.03%) and minimum...
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ROLE OF NUTRACEUTICALS IN CANCER TREATMENT - AN OVERVIEW
Nutraceuticals are natural bioactive products with food value and promising therapeutic properties in several diseases. The use of functional foods and nutraceuticals promotes the quality and length of life in patients suffering with cancer. Examples of nutraceuticals of interest includes antioxidant vitamins like vitamin-C and E, carotenoids improves the efficacy of cancer therapy by improving im...
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