DOI: 10.21276/sajp.2019.8.7.2

Pages: 327-333

Nutraceuticals itself is a self-explanatory word, which covers a wide horizon of meanings. In a layman term, it can be expressed as food products which bestowed additional health benefits. The modern era has seen the wide variety and use of nutraceuticals for all kind of diseases, out of which antioxidant is the pedestal. Nutraceuticals hold to prevent most chronic disease, for betterment of health, arrest aging, life longevity and aid in maintaining better anatomy and physiology of the human body. Antioxidants are the species of molecule which prevents oxidation and formation of free radical which is why it is on demand. Few examples of nutraceuticals containing antioxidant are vitamins (ascorbic acid, tocopherol), flavonoids, polyphenolics, beta-carotene. Nutraceuticals, worldly are being widely employed. As per the statistics, $142.1 billion was used in 2011 and current surveys depicts that it will increase by $204.2 billion by the end of 2019. Needless to say, the use of nutraceuticals as antioxidants is effective and thus is used throughout the world. With the advent of modern technology and science, the field of nutraceuticals is growing and a wide-range of products is flushing in the market with the great potential to serve mankind