Advances in biomedical research have demonstrated that inflammation and its related
diseases are the greatest threat to public health. Inflammatory action is the pathological …

Introduction: Prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics are known to have major beneficial effects
on human health due to their ability to modify the composition and the function of the gut …

ABSTRACT A broad range of health-care practices is required to exploit the beneficial
effects of Ayurveda, which is the most ancient system of medicines. Being the essence of …

Prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular
disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, arthritis, non …

Inflammation is an integral part of autoimmune diseases, which are caused by dysregulation
of the immune system. This dysregulation involves an imbalance between pro-inflammatory …

Highlights•Probiotics and prebiotics contribute to balancing the immune
response.•Probiotics modulate the activity of dendritic cells, epithelial cells and natural …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Triterpenes, which comprise a broad chemical
group of active principles, are implicated in the mechanisms of action and pharmacological …

Polysaccharides extracted from natural resources have attracted extensive attention in
biomedical research and pharmaceutical fields, due to their medical values in anti-tumor …

Dietary carbohydrate fibers are known to prevent immunological diseases common in
Western countries such as allergy and asthma but the underlying mechanisms are largely …

Recently, the application of herbal medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases
has gained increasing attention. Essential oils (EOs) are generally known to exert various …