| Literature DB >> 31577201 |
Nada A Helal1, Heba A Eassa2, Ahmed M Amer3, Mohamed A Eltokhy4, Ivan Edafiogho5, Mohamed I Nounou5.
Abstract
Traditional nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals hold pragmatic nature with respect to their definitions, claims, purposes and marketing strategies. Their definitions are not well established worldwide. They also have different regulatory definitions and registration regulatory processes in different parts of the world. Global prevalence of nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals is noticeably high with large market share with minimal regulation compared to traditional drugs. The global market is flooded with nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals claiming to be of natural origin and sold with a therapeutic claim by major online retail stores such as Amazon and eBay. Apart from the traditional formulations, many manufacturers and researchers use novel formulation technologies in nutraceutical and cosmeceutical formulations for different reasons and objectives. Manufacturers tend to differentiate their products with novel formulations to increase market appeal and sales. On the other hand, researchers use novel strategies to enhance nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals activity and safety. The objective of this review is to assess the current patents and research adopting novel formulation strategies in nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals. Patents and research papers investigating nutraceutical and cosmeceutical novel formulations were surveyed for the past 15 years. Various nanosystems and advanced biotechnology systems have been introduced to improve the therapeutic efficacy, safety and market appeal of nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals, including liposomes, polymeric micelles, quantum dots, nanoparticles, and dendrimers. This review provides an overview of nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals current technologies, highlighting their pros, cons, misconceptions, regulatory definitions and market. This review also aims in separating the science from fiction in the nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals development, research and marketing. Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.Entities:
Keywords: Nutraceuticals; adulteration; counterfeiting; fortified foods; nanocarriers; novel drug delivery; regulatoryzzm321990affairs; toxicity.
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31577201 PMCID： PMC6806606 DOI： 10.2174/1872211313666190503112040
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Recent Pat Drug Deliv Formul ISSN： 1872-2113