Nutraceuticals: Formulations and Commercialization

Abstract

Abstract Nutraceuticals are currently growing alternative option for prevention as well as treatment for many acute and chronic illnesses. At some stage where a single pharmaceutical drug acts as a solo performer to treat the illness, the herbal remedy provides group of ingredients together to eradicate the disease. Many of the pharmaceutical drugs are from herbal origin and acts as a potent solo performer against the disease or disorder. While on the other side group of active ingredients present in herbal remedy may stimulate the effect of main active constituent to treat the disease. The resulting effect of course depends on how each of the ingredient are interacting with each other to stimulate the actions of each other. Though there is vast research going on development of nutraceuticals, the challenges associated with nutraceuticals such as variation in active ingredient content, difficulty in purification, lack of appropriate nomenclature, lack of confine regulations, formulation related challenges as well as solubility problems leads researchers as well as formulators in a direction to find out unmet need to overcome these challenges. The concept of solo and concert performance in regards to nutraceuticals and challenges related to nutraceuticals are described here in this article.