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Quarterly published in print and online ‘Inventi Rapid/Impact: Nutraceuticals’ publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals.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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SUPERCRITICAL CO2 EXTRACTION OF OMEGA-3 RICH OIL FROM INDIAN MACKEREL FISH (RASTRELLIGER KANAGURTA)
Fish is the source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially omega-3 fatty acids. Linolenic acid, Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are omega-3 fatty acids. Omega 3 fatty acids have very much importance in the food industry. In the present work, fish oil was extracted using the supercritical CO2 method and compared with soxhlet extraction method in quality and yield. Supe...
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EFFECT OF HIGH FIBER COMPOSITION ON NORMALIZING BOWEL MOVEMENT AND ENRICHING GUT FLORA: A RANDOMIZED OPEN LABELED PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Widely prevalent deficiency of dietary fiber intake in daily food has led to widespread prevalence of absence of normal bowel movement and constipation. In response, instead of making up dietary fiber deficiency, paradoxically, non-food laxatives such as Psyllium husk, lactulose, maltitol, Ayurvedic medicines, other adjunctive medicines and similar laxatives are in wide use to overcome these probl...
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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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