ABSTRACT
Nutraceuticals are “natural” essences retrieved from food stuffs and applied for biomedical purposes. In the last couple of decades, nutraceuticals have been introduced in the global market as a simple and magnetized means of managing diseases. These agents may be predominantly pertinent for prophylaxis of a numeral diseases: cancer, brain and skin disorders, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, osteoporosis, cataracts, etc. There is therefore enormous interest for an increasingly health-concerned society. Numerous nutraceuticals have been examined in cancer in an effort to recognize substantial preventative remedies for this life-threatening ailment. Lycopene, beta-carotene, green tea, selenium, vitamin D, vitamin E, etc. have all been scrutinized in clinical studies. Additionally, well-designed trials are certainly desirable to enhance the therapeutic effectiveness and health benefits of nutraceuticals. Various in vivo reports are offered to emphasize the viability of a nano-constructed delivery system to ameliorate the effectiveness of anticancer agents. The present review underscores the neoteric perspectives for management of cancer using different nano-sized carriers, including solid lipid nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles, liposomes, and self-emulsifying drug delivery systems.
