Course detail

Nutraceuticals

FCH-MC_NUTAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is focused on
- deepening knowledge about individual nutrients, natural substances and their relationship to health
- gaining knowledge about biologically active substances - so-called nutraceuticals, their sources and use in food
- deepening knowledge and connections between nutrition and health - allergies, non-infectious diseases of mass occurrence (diseases of civilization)
- expanding knowledge about different approaches to lifestyle change: wellness-path to health, rational way of eating, alternative ways of eating
- current scientific examples of the study of the effect of nutraceuticals on health

Key terms and definition, classification of nutraceutics. Positive and negative effects of nutraceutics, possible of interaction with pharmaceuticals or other food components. Sources of nutraceutics, possibilities isolation active component from food and vegetable and animal tissues. Biological active component of plants.Probiotics and prebiotics, microbial nutraceutics.Vegetable sterols and fenolics.Important nutritive fatty acides and their derivatives. Amino acids and oligopeptides.Natural antioxidants and vitamins. Important nutritive sugars and their derivatives,dietary fibre.Macro- and micronutrients. Biological active substance of nutraceutics and their physiological benefit or provide protection against chronic disease.Nutraceutics and special nutrition.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Ivana Márová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology (ÚCHPBT)

Entry knowledge

Students should have fundamental knowledge about nutrition and physiology human and biochemistry.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The exam has a written and an oral part.
the written part and the oral part - discussion on the written part questions and theoretical questions about nutrition.
Attendance at lectures is not compulsory, but is recommended.

Aims

The course add new information about nutrition and aim of this course is to active components of food, vegetable and animal tissues usable in prevention illness and improvement making nutrition Further, possible interaction of nurtaceutic between other component of food and pharmaceuticals. are elucidated. Next, information about preparations, that are used for special nutrition at sport, to support immunity, to activate brain etc.,are discussed.
After passing of this course are students mastered of overview about biological active substance of food, vegetable and animal tissues, that can be effective utilize to support of immunity of organism and prevention of civilization illness too.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Kasper Heinrich: Výživa v medicíně a dietetika, 2015, ISBN 978-80-247-4533-6 (CS)
Sharma Sangita a kolektiv: Klinická výživa a dietologie, 2018, ISBN 978-80-271-0228-0 (CS)

Recommended reading

Němcová A.: Nutraceutika, E-learningové přednášky s aktuální separátní literaturou, https://moodle.vutbr.cz/course/view.php?id=223063 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPCP_CHPL Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme NKCP_CHPL Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Ivana Márová, CSc.

Syllabus

1.Key terms and definition, classification of nutraceutics
2.Positive and negative effects of nutraceutics, possible of interaction with pharmaceuticals or other food components
3.Sources of nutraceutics, possibilities isolation active component from food and vegetable and animal tissues
4.Natural biological active component of plants
5.Probiotics and prebiotics, microbial nutraceutics
6.Vegetable sterols and fenolics
7.Important nutritive fatty acides and their derivatives
8. Amino acids and oligopeptides
9.Natural antioxidants and vitamins and minerals
10.Important nutritive sugars and their derivatives,dietary fibre
11.Macro- and micronutrients
12. Biological active substance of nutraceutics and their physiological benefit or provide protection against chronic disease
13.Nutraceutics and special nutrition

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Ivana Márová, CSc.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Ivana Márová, CSc.