a Department of Pharmacy , University of Napoli Federico II , Napoli , Italy.
Expert Opin Ther Pat. 2018 Dec;28(12):875-882. doi: 10.1080/13543776.2018.1552260. Epub 2018 Nov 29.
In the last 10 years, nutraceuticals have grown in interest to researchers, industry, and consumers and are now familiar in the collective imagination as a tool for preventing the onset of a disease. Often nutraceuticals are confused with biologically active phytochemicals/botanicals which can have health benefits. This is a misunderstanding however as the term nutraceutical refers to a product that must have a beneficial effect on health proven by clinical testing. Areas covered: A search has been performed on both recent patents and the literature regarding nutraceuticals focusing on the beneficial and proven health effects on pathological conditions to give an overview of the state-of-the-art developments in this area. Patents and literature data addressing specific pathological conditions are discussed. Expert opinion: Nutraceuticals represent a challenge for the future of drug-based pharmacotherapy, and, at the same time, are a powerful tool for the prevention of chronic disease. They are not proposed as an alternative to drugs, but instead, can be helpful to complement a pharmacological therapy and prevent the onset of chronic diseases in subjects who do not qualify for conventional pharmacological treatment.
在过去的 10 年中，营养保健品越来越受到研究人员、行业和消费者的关注，现在在集体想象中已经熟悉它作为预防疾病发生的工具。营养保健品经常与具有健康益处的生物活性植物化学物质/植物混淆。然而，这是一种误解，因为营养保健品一词是指必须通过临床测试证明对健康有有益影响的产品。涵盖领域：对营养保健品的最新专利和文献进行了检索，重点关注对病理状况的有益和已证明的健康影响，以概述该领域的最新发展情况。讨论了针对特定病理状况的专利和文献数据。专家意见：营养保健品代表了对基于药物的药物治疗未来的挑战，同时也是预防慢性疾病的有力工具。它们不是作为药物替代物提出的，而是可以帮助补充药物治疗并预防不符合传统药物治疗的患者的慢性疾病的发生。
