Current Nutraceuticals - Volume 4, Issue 1, 2023

BackgroundThe immense genetic variety found in plants and microbes provides a plethora of opportunities for human advancement in the creation of medicine. Microorganisms have been exceptionally rich sources of drugs. Nowadays, the emergence of new infectious diseases and the resistance of some pathogenic microbes necessitates further attempts to find new antimicrobial agents in the fight against infections.Ob Read More

BackgroundMalnutrition is associated with high morbidity and death in children under the age of five. A large child population is suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and it is not possible to admit every child for treatment in hospitals. SAM may be treated simply by providing calorie-dense, protein-rich, vitamin- and mineral-fortified meals at home. In India, there are 132 million children under the age of five, a Read More

BackgroundAlga (comprising of many varieties of algae) are our wealth from nature. They are abundant, and do not require any special sustenance measure; in fact, they sustain the fauna on Earth. Alga provide ‘nutritive’ and ‘ceutic’ functionalities, simultaneously. Their insignificant demand for sustenance, but the plethora of useful products they produce is intriguing. It’s also true that the impact of algae on our nutri Read More

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is an ongoing global pandemic that causes catastrophic devastation to humankind. COVID-19 virus mainly affects the human respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. Currently, vaccines are available globally and are a game-changer in the fight against COVID-19. However, it has a long way to go to achieve the war against COVID-19 as it will take some more years to completely vaccinate the p Read More

BackgroundTrikatu, a vital ingredient in many Indian Ayurvedic drugs, is a consortium of three spices, viz. dry ginger, black pepper, and long pepper, known for its peculiar pungency. To convert Trikatu into a widely acceptable palatable form, we blended these three spices in a decoction form and added them to syrup prepared from palmyra palm neera, which resulted in ‘Trikatu Syrup’ (TS). Recently, we reported in vivo i Read More