ABSTRACT
118In the last years, nutraceutical products consumption has increased, mostly because of its natural origin, affordable prices, and benefits generated by its ingestion. Overall, nutraceuticals are formulated with different ingredients such as amino acids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, polyphenols, probiotics, and other bioactive compounds. These kinds of compounds can help the human body to maintain a physiological balance and therefore, health. Recently, nutraceuticals consumption on a regular basis has proven being a revolution compared to conventional pharmaceuticals basically, because of its curative and preventive potential against different pathologies. Research on nutraceutical products and its benefits are often discussed; however, there is some outstanding information that is certainly significant to assess regarding its performance against different kind of cancer pathologies and neurodegenerative diseases by its bioactive ingredients, which confers them certain helpful capacities. Accordingly, this manuscript focuses on the potential activity of these bioactive compounds with nutraceutical value as adjuvant treatments for important and outstanding pathologies. Some of the most important include breast cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, Alzheimer and Parkinson’s disease, among others, that are significant to evaluate and undoubtedly will contribute to the improvement of nutraceuticals research and development.
