1. ROLE OF NUTRICEUTICAL IN
COVID-19
Indraj Saini
B-Pharma
Last year ( 7th sem )
Alwar Pharmacy College ( MIA ) area Alwar
2. Nutraceutical
■ Nutraceuticals is a term used to describe any product
derived from food sources
■ Nutraceuticals are made from food or part of a food, food
supplements are single substances used alone or in
mixtures with the scope of adding micronutrients when the
body is in need of them.
4. Covid-19 ( corona virus )
■ Introduction :- Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that
are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more
severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
■ The first patientwas discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan, China .
■ The first cases of COVID-19 in India were reported on 30 January
2020 in three towns of Kerala, among three Indian medical students
who had returned from Wuhan,
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6. Role of Nutriceutical in Covid-19
■ Nutraceutical is a term combining with “nutrition” (a nourishing food
or food component) and “pharmaceutical” (a medical drug)
■ It is a food or food product that provides health and medical benefits
including the prevention and treatment of various disease.
1. diabetes,
2. heart disease,
3. arthritis,
4. cancer,
5. Hypertension,
6. common cold,
7. Corona ( Covid-19)
8. inflammatory bowel disease,
Depression
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8. Nutriceutical in Covid-19
■ The COVID-19 (also commonly called coronavirus)
pandemic is causing a lot of changes in the daily lives of
people around the world.
■ Good nutrition is very important before during and after an
infection.
■ World Health Organisation , healthy lifestyle makes all
body functions work better.
■ Having a healthy diet including lots of fruit and vegetables
is a key component of a healthy lifestyle.
9. Vitamin c
■ May reduce your risk of chronic disease.
■ May help manage high blood pressure.
■ May lower your risk of heart disease.
■ May reduce blood uric acid levels and help prevent gout attacks.
■ Helps prevent iron deficiency.
■ Boosts immunity.
■ Protects your memory and thinking as you age.
■ prevents thrombotic complications and lowers alveolar and I vascular damage.!
10. Vitamin D
■ It strengthens the immune system .
■ It might prevent certain types of cancer
■ It boosts your mood
■ It can aid in weight loss.
■ It can lower the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.
■ It lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes.
■ It can help lower blood pressure.
■ It might reduce the risk of heart disease.
Lowers the recovery time for
cough and gustative sensory
loss and improves morbidities
associated with COVID-19,
including pneumonia/CARDS,
inflammation, and
thrombosis
11. Vitamin E
■ Offers antioxidant benefits
■ Reduces risk factors for heart disease
■ Boosts lung function
■ Reduces menstrual cramps
■ Protects against cognitive decline
■ Reduces inflammation
■ Improves immune function
Reduces ferroptosis
damage to multiple
organs, including lung,
kidney, liver, intestine,
heart, and nervous system
12. Zn
■ Regulates body
■ Cure diarrhea
■ Improves memory
■ Muscle mass Aids in pregnancy
■ Prevents osteoporosis
■ Prevents inflammatory skin
■ Deals with prostrate problem
■ Proper growth
Decreases COVID-19-related
symptoms such as lower
respiratory I tract infection
13. Quercetin
■ Quercetin may help protect against heart
disease and cancer. Quercetin can also help
stabilize the cells that release histamine in the
body and thereby have an anti-inflammatory
and antihistamine effect
■ reduces the severity of the symptoms, both
hospitalization frequency and length, the
demand for noninvasive oxygen therapy, the
progression to ICU, and the number of deaths
14. Curcumin
■ Turmeric Gradually Increases Antioxidants in Your Body.
■ Turmeric Might Prevent Cancer.
■ Turmeric Helps Lower Cholesterol.
■ Turmeric Can Help Prevent and Treat Alzheimer's Disease.
■ Turmeric Can Treat Skin Conditions.
■ Turmeric Can Benefit People with Depression.
Taken together, these findings suggested that Curcumin exerts its beneficial effects
through at least partial restoration of pro-inflammatory/anti-inflammatory balance.
In conclusion, Curcumin supplementation may offer an efficacious and safe option
for improving COVID-19 disease outcomes.7
15. Probiotic
■ Boost immune system
■ Reduce inflammation•
■ Reduce cold & flu
■ Reduce allergies
■ Antioxidant properties
■ assumptions can reduce COVID-19 gastrointestinal symptoms and may
reconstitute the gut microbiome.
16. Prebiotics
■ Reduce the prevalence and duration of infectious and
antibiotic-associated diarrhea;
■ Reduce the inflammation and symptoms associated with
inflammatory bowel disease;
■ Exert protective effects to prevent colon cancer
■ regulates gut microbiota in the prevention and/or alleviation
of COVID-19 through the gut-lung axis.