ABSTRACT

The term nutraceuticals is derived from two words: nutrition and pharmaceuticals. It was first coined by Dr. Stephen DeFelice, the founder of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (Crawford, New Jersey, USA) in 1989. He described nutraceuticals as “food, or parts of food, that provide

Contents 11.1 Introduction ............................................................................................263 11.2 Formulation of silver nanoparticles .......................................................264