Bioactives in nutraceuticals and comeceuticals play an important role in enhancing health as well as disease prevention and they are currently touted as the purported as major contributing factor to a healthy lifestyle. There is also an increasing trend in using plant bioactives as alternatives to medication. Hence, bioactives with promising nutraceutical and economic potentials have raised interest in the market place.

This article was published in the myNourishment magazine Issue 6.