Buttermilk: An Unrevealed Nutraceutical

Bovine colostrum: an emerging nutraceutical.

Nutraceutical, a term combining the words "nutrition" and "pharmaceuticals", is a food or food product that provides health benefits as an adjuvant or alternative therapy, including the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases in children and adults. There is emerging evidence that bovine colostrum (BC) may be one of the promising nutraceuticals which can prevent or mitigate various dise...

Plastination--an unrevealed art in the medical science.

Fragmented sleep: an unrevealed problem in peritoneal dialysis patients.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the sleep-wake cycle, sleep quality, fatigue and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) measured with questionnaires, actigraphy and a sleep diary during a one-week period in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment at home. A further aim was to explore differences compared with patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and individ...

Role of Mushrooms as Nutraceutical an Overview

Literally the term ‘Nutraceutical’ is a conjunction of nutrition and pharmaceuticals. In fact Nutraceutical are the natural substances or food supplements that claim to have medicinal effects on human health. The International medical boards and community medicines has described the term Nutraceutical as any substance which may be considered as food or a part of food and provides some medical o...

Compositional and functional properties of buttermilk: a comparison between sweet, sour, and whey buttermilk.

Buttermilk is a dairy ingredient widely used in the food industry because of its emulsifying capacity and its positive impact on flavor. Commercial buttermilk is sweet buttermilk, a by-product from churning sweet cream into butter. However, other sources of buttermilk exist, including cultured and whey buttermilk obtained from churning of cultured cream and whey cream, respectively. The composi...