2. Expected Course Outcomes (as given in
syllabus)
• Find the functional aspect of nutraceuticals compounds.
• Extend the importance of nutraceuticals in relation to health.
• Discuss the various processing methods of nutraceuticals.
• Select various sources of nutraceuticals from plant, animal, microbes,
and marine origin.
• Predict the diverse nutraceutical compounds involved in disease
prevention
• Decide the safety issues, regulatory policies, health claims, and
clinical trials in using nutraceuticals
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3. Nutraceuticals (Modules)
1. Introduction to nutraceuticals and functional foods
2. Importance of nutraceuticals
3. Extraction, analysis, physiology, processing of nutraceuticals
4. Nutraceuticals of plant and animal origin
5. Microbial and marine nutraceuticals
6. Nutraceuticals in disease prevention
7. Marketing, regulation, health claims and clinical trials
8. Emerging concepts in nutraceuticals
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4. Assessment of Course
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Assessment
type
Date
Maximum
Marks
Weightage
Quiz 1 Before CAT – I 20 10
Quiz 2 Before CAT–II 20 10
Assignment After CAT – I 20 10
CAT – I
As per the announcement by the University
15
CAT – II 15
FAT 40
5. Assignment Topic, Assessment Rubrics
• Choose any one topic from the syllabus
• Select three journal articles from the literature (published after 2015; only
original articles and not review papers; impact factor of the articles chosen
should be greater than 1.5)
• Write a report on the methodology adopted, results obtained, critical analysis of
the results and bibliography; the report should also include alternate
methodologies that can be adopted.
• Written report along with the articles referred should be converted into one
single pdf and submitted.
• Plagiarism check will be performed in the Moodle software after your upload.
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6. Assignment Topic, Assessment Rubrics
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Rubric/ Marks 0-50% 51-100%
Reporting writing Report written was concise and
the information was just copies
Report written was concise and
the information was written
without copying the content
Quantum of work Report size is less than 1500
words
Report size is more than 1500
words
Critical Review of the article
and methodology
Reviewed without insight and
methods suggested but not
compared and evaluated
appropriately.
Conclusion drawn from the
articles with proper justification
and relevant cum feasible
methods were suggested.
Time management Submission within two days of
specified dead line
Submission on or before the
dead line
Plagiarism Check Above 15% Below 15%
7. Introduction to nutraceuticals and functional
foods
1. Definition, concept of nutraceuticals
2. Classification of nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, fortified foods,
functional foods
3. Scope involved in the industry- Indian and global scenario
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8. Definition, concept of nutraceuticals
Nutrition + Pharmaceuticals
• Dr Stephen DeFelice coined the term “Nutraceutical” from “Nutrition”
and “Pharmaceutical” in 1989.
• He defined a nutraceutical as a “food, or parts of a food, that
provide medical or health benefits, including the prevention and
treatment of disease”.
Beyond the diet, but before the drugs
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9. Nutraceutical products
• Aminomine to treat mental depression.
• L-tryptophan + Lithium to treat bipolar disorder.
• Betaine reduces the levels of homocysteine as this amino acid contributes
to heart disease.
• Lecithin (present in soybeans, egg yolk) treats liver disease, gall bladder
disease, reduces memory loss associated with age, Alzheimer’s treatment.
• CoQ10 to treat migraine, heart failure, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, AML
(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis- Lou Gehrig’s- motor nerve damage).
• Omega-3 Fatty acids (PUFA): to lower triglycerides.
• Chondroitin: helps body to maintain fluid and flexibility in joints.
• Glucosamine: sugar protein to build body cartilage.
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11. Regulatory Control
• New medicines are harder to find and more expensive and risky to
develop than ever before, many companies, for example, Du Pont,
Abbott Laboratories and Warner Lambert, which have produced
conventional pharmaceuticals in the past are now merging to
survive, or are turning to nutraceuticals
• To bring a medicine to market can take about 10 years and cost
$250m whereas to market an unlicensed nutraceutical can take a
fraction of time and the cost.
• Food labelling regulations do not allow food labels to carry health
claims in many countries. This makes it hard for companies
marketing nutraceuticals to advertise the benefits of their products
without a medicine licence.
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