Exploring the Health Benefits of Herbs and Nutraceuticals in Food
Discover the medicinal properties of Alfalfa, Chicory, Ginger, Fenugreek, and Garlic as health foods. These natural ingredients provide a range of nutrients, from vitamins and minerals to bioactive compounds, promoting overall wellness and offering potential therapeutic effects. Alfalfa helps in diabetes and arthritis, Chicory aids in digestion and may help with cancer prevention, Ginger serves as a digestive aid and antinauseant, Fenugreek stimulates appetite and controls diabetes, while Garlic supports heart health and acts as an aphrodisiac.
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NUTRACEUTICAL Defined as a food or part of food that provides medical or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease.
ALFA ALFA B.S.: consist of entire plant of Medicago sativa. Family: Fabaceae Chem. Const. : Leaves, sprout and seed contain vit. K & C, copper, folate, thianine, riboflavin and iron. One cup of sprout conatin 1gm of protein and 1gm of carbohydrate. It also contain bioactive comp. like saponin (Medicagenic (medicagol), phenolic alkaloid(trigonelline) acid), compond flavone, coumarin (coumesterol),
. Uses: (as health food) Alfaalfa sprout as a salad ingredient Raw alfa alfa seed sprout are 93% water, 2% carbohydrate, 4% protein and 0% fat 100 gm raw alfa alfa sprout give 23 calories and 29% of the daily value of vit. K. Also use in treatment of diabettes, artharitis, diuretic. Increase appetite
CHICORY Dried root of Chicorium intybus. (Asteraceae) Root contain high sesquiterpene lactone, tannin, pectin, fixed oil. Rich source of carotene Small amount of Indole alkaloid caboline. Uses as health food: as flavouring agent, appetizer, to treat digestive disorder in the form of herbal tea/juice. In t/t of cancer, gallstone and liver ailment amount of insulin (60%),
Ginger Rhizome of Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) It contain 1-2% volatile oil, 5-8% pungent principle, resinous mass and starch. Volatile oil contain zingiberene, bisaboline etc. Gingerol is a yellow pungent oily liquid. Use as health food: as domestic spices and used in many commercially food preparation. As a digestive aid, antinauseant. In t/t of flu, cold & ginger oil are widely used in soft drinks and frozen dairy desserts
Fenugreek Seed & leaves of Trigonella foenum graecum Fam: Leguminoseae Its seed contian alkaloid( tigonelline, gentiamine), steroidal saponin, flavonoid (vitexin), mucilage, protein, aminoacid, vit.A, B1. It contain sotolone which impart aroma. 100 gm seed contain 9% water, 58% carbohydrate, 23% protein and 6% fat and give 323 Kcal energy. Use as health food: Stimulate appetite, digestion, reduce cholesterol and cardiovascular risk, control diabetes, prevent colon cancer, induce labour.
Garlic Bulb of Allium sativum ( Liliaceae) Contain sulphur compound like allin, allicin, diallyl sulphide; enzyme-allinase; aminoacid-arginine; minerals- selenium germanium; vitamin-B1,A, C. It possess cardiovascular, hypolipidemic, antihypertensive and anti-athrosclerotic property. Also use as carminative, gastric stimulant, aphrodisiac, insecticide. Garlic leaves are use as vegetable. Garlic is essentail in Middle esatern and Arbic cooking, with its presence in many food items.
Honey Honey is sugar like secrtion deposited in honey comb by the bees Apis mellifera, Apis dorsota and other species of apis. Fam: Apidae Honey is an aqueous solutioncontaining 35% glucose, 45% fructose and 2% sucrose. It is used as demulcent, sweetening agent, nutrient and antiseptic.
Amla Fresh and dried fruit of Emblica officinalis Fam: Euphobiaceae It contains Vit. C , calcium, Iron and phosphorus, hudolysable tannin, gallic acid. Frsh fruit contain about 75% moisture. Use as antioxidant, laxative blood vessel activator. Fruit are sour, astringent, acrid. Important ingredient Chyawanprash. of TRIPHALA and
