Table 4: Source and Immune activity of different nutraceutical ingredients.

 

Name of Nutraceutical ingredient

 

 

 

 

Natural recourse

 

 

Immune activity

 

Mechanism of Booster immune system

Multi-Vitamin

·         Meat, Poultry, Fish and Beans

·         Carrots, Sweet potatoes, Spinach, Kale

·         Meat, Poultry, Fish

·         Nuts, Seeds, Vegetable oils

 

-Anti viral activity

-Anti Microbial

-Retinal and Cardiovascular

-Auto-immune Diseases

 

- Enhancement the Surrogate markers

- Increase in CD4+ T cell percentages, Natural killer cell activity

Curcumin

Indian Haldi

Hepatitis viruses, Influenza viruses

 

By interference of viral replication machinery or Suppression of cellular signaling pathways essential for viral replication

Vitamin C

Kiwi fruit, Citrus fruit, Strawberries, Red bell peppers

 

 

Vitamin D

Fortified dairy products, Fatty fish, Exposure in Sunlight, Oranges

Boosts mucosal defenses

Immunomodulation

Garlic

Garlic root

Viral activity

anticancerogenic, Anti-inflammatory

Produce alliin a