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Vitamins as NutraceuticalsThe book examines the development of nutraceutical products featuring maximizing the vitamin benefits to human health and various health conditions.Since vitamins are widely predicted to be one of the most significant nutritional advancements over the next 25 years, the editors of this book have brought together renowned experts in the field to provide a single authoritative resource for the nutraceutical sector. It is being published at a time when there is a pressing need to address the rising number of cases of nutritional deficiency disorders and the high number of deaths caused by a lack of knowledge or a deviation from healthy eating habits.The book contains 12 chapters and begins by defining and classifying the field of vitamins, with a focus on legislative issues in both the United States and the European Union. In addition to discussing recent advances and applications, this book also includes scientific information on the importance of vitamins as nutraceuticals to human health, as well as the potential mechanisms of nutraceuticals in illness prevention, management, and control. The focus is on vitamins as nutraceuticals for health conditions such as human nutrition, pregnancy, oral health, anemia, and blindness. The book also explores the structure and function of various vitamins and covers the impact of various vitamins on immunity and the nutraceutical properties of seaweed vitamins and marine-derived sources of nutritional vitamins. The beneficial effects of water-soluble vitamins in nutrition, health promotion, and nutraceutical potential of fat-soluble vitamins, are also discussed.AudienceThe book will be read by a range of researchers and industry scientists such as vitamin formulators, food scientists and food manufacturers, as well as those in the pharmaceutical industry, nanotech industry, novel drug delivery research laboratories, and the health sector.
List of contents
Preface xiii
1 Introduction to Nutraceutical Vitamins 1
Khemchand R. Surana, Eknath D. Ahire, Shital J. Patil, Sunil K. Mahajan, Dhananjay M. Patil and Deepak D. Sonawane
1.1 Introduction 2
1.1.1 Multivitamins 4
1.1.2 Classification of Vitamins 4
1.2 Fat-Soluble Vitamins A, D, E, F, and K 4
1.2.1 Vitamin A 4
1.2.2 Vitamin d 6
1.2.3 Vitamin E 8
1.2.4 Vitamin F 9
1.2.5 Vitamin K 11
1.2.6 Water-Soluble Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B7, B9, B 12 (B complex), and c 12
1.2.6.1 Vitamin B 1 13
1.2.6.2 Vitamin B 2 15
1.2.6.3 Vitamin B 3 16
1.2.7 Vitamin B 5 17
1.2.8 Vitamin B 6 19
1.2.9 Vitamin B9, BC, Vitamin M, or Folacin 20
1.2.10 Vitamin B 12 22
1.2.11 Vitamin c 24
1.3 Conclusions 26
Acknowledgment 27
References 27
2 Structure and Functions of Vitamins 35
Suvarna S. Khairnar, Khemchand R. Surana, Eknath D. Ahire, Sunil K. Mahajan, Dhananjay M. Patil and Deepak D. Sonawane
2.1 Introduction 36
2.2 Structural Discussion 37
2.2.1 Vitamin A 37
2.2.2 Vitamin d 39
2.2.3 Vitamin E 41
2.2.4 Vitamin K 42
2.2.5 Vitamin B 1 43
2.2.6 Vitamin B 2 44
2.2.7 Vitamin B 3 45
2.2.8 Vitamin B7/H 46
2.2.9 Vitamin B9/Folic Acid 47
2.2.10 Vitamin B 12 48
2.2.11 Vitamin c 49
2.3 Conclusion 55
References 55
3 Vitamin Intervention in Cardiac Health 61
Shubham J. Khairnar, Eknath D. Ahire, Madhuri D. Deshmukh, Raj K. Keservani, Sanjay J. Kshirsagar, Amit Kumar Rajora and Manju Amit Kumar Rajora
3.1 Introduction 62
3.2 Vitamin Deficiency and Cardiovascular Disease 63
3.3 Vitamin Supplementation and Cardiovascular Disease 66
3.4 Clinical Research Suggesting Antioxidant Vitamins' Beneficial Effects in CVP 70
3.5 Beneficial Effects of B Vitamins in CVP 73
3.6 Role of Vitamin D in Cardiovascular Health 73
3.7 Conclusion 76
Acknowledgment 77
References 77
4 Impact of Vitamins on Immunity 87
Abhijeet G. Parkhe, Khemchand R. Surana, Eknath D. Ahire, Sunil K. Mahajan, Dhananjay M. Patil and Deepak D. Sonawane
4.1 Introduction 88
4.2 Vitamin-Rich Foods for the Management of Immune System-Related Diseases 89
4.3 Fat-Soluble Vitamins Reported in the Literature Commonly Used in the Treatment of the Immune System-Related Diseases 92
4.3.1 Vitamin A 92
4.3.2 Vitamin d 93
4.3.3 Vitamin E 94
4.4 Water Soluble Vitamins Reported in the Literature Commonly Used in the Treatment of the Immune System-Related Diseases 95
4.4.1 Vitamin B 1 95
4.4.2 Vitamin B 2 96
4.4.3 Vitamin B 3 97
4.4.4 Vitamin B 6 98
4.4.5 Vitamin B 9 98
4.4.6 Vitamin B 12 99
4.4.7 Vitamin c 99
4.5 Conclusion 100
Acknowledgment 100
References 101
5 Nutraceuticals Potential of Fat-Soluble Vitamins 107
Jagannath Gaikwad, Shweta Jogdand, Afsar Pathan, Ashwini Mahajan, Anmol Darak, Eknath D. Ahire and Khemchand R. Surana
5.1 Introduction 108
5.1.1 Categories of Nutraceuticals 109
5.1.2 Vitamins 110
5.1.2.1 Fat-Soluble Vitamins 111
5.1.2.2 Fat-Soluble Vitamins in Covid- 19 116
5.1.2.3 Properties of Fat-Soluble Vitamins (Potential) 117
5.2 Prospective Market Potential of Vitamin K 2 123
5.3 Conclusion 123
Acknowledgment 124
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