Nutraceutical Applications

Series health care food made from Jerusalem artichoke and barley Patent number CN1718104 (2006) 

Dietary fiber delivery system Patent number US6982093 Inventor Licari, J.J. (2006) 

A delivery system and method for delivering soluble dietary fibers in a chewable tablet form is described. The fiber is inulin from Jerusalem artichoke and other sources. 

Process for obtaining a pulverulent product from topinambur tubers Patent number MD2696F (2005) 

Food biologically active additive for improving human reproduction (variants) 

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Hence, the value of the marine animals in terms of medicinal and nutraceutical applications has to be brought in such a manner that the consumption of frequently available marine animals can be directed for best human diet practices. In the current chapter, the role of various marine animals as medicinal foods has been covered and in addition, the possible recommendation of utilizing these marine animals in regular diet has been advised toward the health benefits of human kind. 

Alasalvar, C., Shahidi, F., and Quantick, P. (2002). Food and health applications of marine nutraceuticals A review. In "Seafoods Quality, Technology, and Nutraceutical Applications", (C. Alasalvar and T. Taylor, Eds), pp. 175-204. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 

The major nutraceutical application of marine-derived bioactive peptides has been ACE inhibition, and a partial list of identified bioactive peptides is given in Table 27.1. Fish protein has been reported to be an advantageous starting material for preparation of ACE inhibitory peptide hydrolysates (Curtis et al., 2002). Marine-derived protein hydrolysate tends to contain high concentrations of cysteine, methionine, and arginine, all of which help reduce hypertension (Kristinsson, 2007). Such marine-derived peptides could be used as potent functional food additives and represent a healthier and natural alternative to ACE inhibitor drugs (Li et aL, 2004). Currently, the bioactive oligopeptides from dried bonito and sardine muscle have been approved as Foods for Specified Health Use by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan. 

As some experimental results suggest that different CLA isomers are correlated with dangerous health effects, it is important to select the beneficial isomer-producing strains [55]. Aiming for a nutraceutical application, Kishino et al. [109] developed an isomer-selective method for CLA production by Lb. plantarum AKU1009a (40 gl ) controlling the ratio produced between c9, til (biologically... 

Abu-Ghannam, N. Gowen, A. (2011). Pulse-based food products. In Pulse Foods Processing, Quality and Nutraceutical Applications, B. Tiwari, A. Gowen, B. McKenna (Eds.), 249-278, Academic Press... 

Marine carbohydrates have diversified nutraceutical applications. These compounds are either used separately or in combination for the treatment of various diseases due to their diversified biological activities. 

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