The online course on Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals is a 4 credit course of 15 weeks duration. This online course deals with health promoting nutritional factors and bioactive constituents, their potential health implications and mechanisms of action. This course is a part of the approved curriculum and is being taught in Indian Universities for one semester in Masters in Food Science and Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics and Applied Nutrition. After studying this online course, the student shall be able to describe what are functional foods and nutraceuticals, classify the functional foods, discuss the potential health implications and mechanism of functional foods and discuss the applications of functional foods in the industry. The pre-requisites of this course is, the student must be enrolled for Masters degree in Food Science and Nutrition or Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics or Applied Nutrition from Indian Universities. The course shall cover five units viz., ‘Introduction to Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals ,Probiotics, Prebiotics, Other Food Components with Potential Health Benefits and Non Nutrient Effect of Specific Nutrients’. These five units shall be covered in 40 modules and every week two to three modules shall be taught. The final evaluation and credit award of the student shall be based on formative assessments and assignments of 30 marks and summative assessment through online exams of 70 marks.
Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur and CEC via Swayam
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1Introduction to Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals :Definition, History and ClassificationPerceived Effects of Functional Foods
Week 2Introduction to Probiotics,Prebiotics and SynbioticsProbiotics: Taxonomy and Important Features of Probiotic MicroorganismsHealth Effects of Probiotic Microorganisms
Week 3Probiotics in Various FoodsQuality Assurance of Probiotics and Safety
Week 4Prebiotics: Non Digestible Carbohydrates/ Oligosaccharides,Prebiotics: Dietary Fiber
Week 5Prebiotics: Resistant StarchPrebiotics: Gums
Week 6Polyphenols: Flavonoids, Catechins, Isoflavones, Tannins
Week 7Phytoestrogens, Phytosterols, Glucosinolates
Week 8Pigments: Carotenoids, Lycopene, Curcumin
Week 9Organosulphur CompoundsIntroduction to Anti-nutritional Factors, Phytates
Week 10Enzymes, Protease inhibitors, Amylase inhibitors
Week 11Saponins, Haemagglutinins,An introduction to Active Biodynamic Principles in Spices, Condiments and Plant extracts
Week 12Resveratrol, Kaempferol, Quercetin, Cinnamaldehyde, Crocin, Lutoline
Week 13Capsaicin, Piperine, Gingerol, Eugenol, Rosmarinic acid, Apigenine, Thymoquinone
Week 14Fenugreek and DiosgeninNon Nutrient Effect of Specific Nutrients: Conjugated Linoleic Acid, Omega 3 Fatty acids
Week 15
Proteins and Peptides, Vitamins and Minerals
Week 2Introduction to Probiotics,Prebiotics and SynbioticsProbiotics: Taxonomy and Important Features of Probiotic MicroorganismsHealth Effects of Probiotic Microorganisms
Week 3Probiotics in Various FoodsQuality Assurance of Probiotics and Safety
Week 4Prebiotics: Non Digestible Carbohydrates/ Oligosaccharides,Prebiotics: Dietary Fiber
Week 5Prebiotics: Resistant StarchPrebiotics: Gums
Week 6Polyphenols: Flavonoids, Catechins, Isoflavones, Tannins
Week 7Phytoestrogens, Phytosterols, Glucosinolates
Week 8Pigments: Carotenoids, Lycopene, Curcumin
Week 9Organosulphur CompoundsIntroduction to Anti-nutritional Factors, Phytates
Week 10Enzymes, Protease inhibitors, Amylase inhibitors
Week 11Saponins, Haemagglutinins,An introduction to Active Biodynamic Principles in Spices, Condiments and Plant extracts
Week 12Resveratrol, Kaempferol, Quercetin, Cinnamaldehyde, Crocin, Lutoline
Week 13Capsaicin, Piperine, Gingerol, Eugenol, Rosmarinic acid, Apigenine, Thymoquinone
Week 14Fenugreek and DiosgeninNon Nutrient Effect of Specific Nutrients: Conjugated Linoleic Acid, Omega 3 Fatty acids
Week 15
Proteins and Peptides, Vitamins and Minerals
Taught by
Dr. Rekha Sharma
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4.7 rating, based on 101 Class Central reviews
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Balasa Saichitra The course is covering entire book and corner in connection with the subject line functional foods and neutraceuticals. The most positive is the detailing of course content through videos and notes. The notes are prepared by taking…
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The course is covering entire nook and corner in connection with the subject line functional foods and neutraceuticals. The most positive is the detailing of course content through videos and notes. The notes are prepared by taking utmost care and it is easy to understand. The key points are repeating at many times so that a concentrated reading is sufficient enough to understand the content well. The way in which course videos are prepared is commendable. It is far better than other MOOCs offered by different agencies. Hats-off to the entire team behind the execution.
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This subject is very useful for me.It helps me a lot to learn about this subject(food and nutraceuticals).
And coming to the teacher ,she tells in a good manner.She teaches in a good way about the food and nutraceuticals.
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"This class was excellent--where have you been all my life? The instructor was incredibly knowledgeable and articulate. This was the first time I have taken a class in a remote format, and I was delighted with it and look forward to coming back to ONLC for more classes in the future. I loved the fact that even though I was in a class with other people, the actual physical space was private and quiet and very conducive to learning! Thank you. -
nice course , i came to know some facts about foods , as i am studying foods and nutrition , i already know about some foods and nutrients within them and also the functional foods . since i had an assignment on nutraceuticals , i came to see this interesting course and i also recommended to my dear friends . so thanks to the course holders to preach this wonderful and exciting course for all students around world.
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Insightful course on functional foods and nutraceuticals. Clear explanations, practical examples, and great resources make it easy to understand health impacts.
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It is a very good and informative course. It provided indepth knowledge about functional foods and nutraceuticals that can be used in day to day practice.
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GUTTHA HEMALATHA
Easy and Excellent course , functional foods and nutraceuticals course is helpful to learn about foods and their importance in our daily life .
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This course is very useful for me and gain more knowledge about functional food and nutraceuticals and learn many things from this course
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Punamalli Narmada The course is covering entire book and corner in connection with the subject line functional foods and neutraceuticals.The most positive is the detailing of course content through vedios and notes. The notes are prepared by takin…
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This course is very informative.when I started this course I got an idea of this course.Really I got vast knowledge of Functional foods and Neutraceuticals.DR.Rekha Sharma,Principal investigator with her team organised the course very nicely.Notes a…
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It was an awesome experience for me in improving, especially my teaching skills to a new paradigm, I learned and benefited immensely from the course, as the course design is meticulously well planned.Thanks to the course teachers and others associated with designing such a wonderful learning experience. Appreciate each one of your contributions is peer learning and evaluation. Best wishes ( by student name - Shamima Nasreen Mazumder
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NAME : K . KAMATCHI
I LOVE THIS COURSE . BECAUSE THIS IS USEFUL FOR MY STUDIES . I AM STUDYING MSC FOODS AND NUTRITION . THIS COURSE AND COURSE OUTLINE PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND NUTRACEUTICALS . TEACHING AND NOTES PROVIDED BY TEAM IS TOO GOOD . ALL NOTES LINK AND PDF ARE PROVIDED . I IMPROVE MY KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THIS COURSE .
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I enrolled in the Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals from the January batch. All the modules were good, easy to understand, and well explained by all the professors. The content was scientific and research based. I am so happy to learned the entire modules. I have enjoyed all the assessment and assignment it was keen to answer all the questions.
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Thank you so much for such a systematic explanation about Nutraceuticals . Hard work is done to collect information, preparing videos and quizzes. Work of organizing committee is highly appreciated. Really benefited with this content not only in profession but also in personal life. This content upgrade the knowledge as well helpful to keep us healthy. Thank you once again to all who are directly or indirectly involved in this process.
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Thank you for such a wonderful cource without any problems mam.
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I had taken a general course in nutrition from another university last year.
I like this course because i learned a lot about specific foods, pre and probiotic foods and how to include all those nutraceuticals in our diet.
The course content is very good. Lot of effort has been taken to prepare the material. I have not come across 'functional foods and nutraceuticals ' course any where else -
This course is very Informative and useful for us .Really I got vast knowledge on Functional foods and Neutraceuticals .Dr.Rekha Sharma , principal investigator, with her team organised the course very nicely .I will definitely suggest my classmates and friends to complete this type of knowledgeable courses.
Once again thanks a lot to providing great opportunity to complete this course .
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Good afternoon to everyone and I just want to tell u that this platform like swayam which is very helpful to us and this is the best course to acquire knowledge and the lecturer who have done the best teaching classes with clarity and very good communication skills and i learned alot of new topics and good stage for us
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Very informative course which I have not known and learn. This course purely emphasis that there are n number of chemical properties, components are exist in food and nutraceuticals
After I read the module it push me recognize the components in foods which I use in my day- to -day life. Also it's not quite easiest lesson to recall the points because it has so many points to memorize. Thank you somuch for the teachers team
