Nutrigenomics: Opportunities and Challenges in Bangladesh
Journal Title: Drug Designing & Intellectual Properties International Journal - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
The Authors of this article has been working on ethnopharmacology and natural product science for the last one decade. They have been involved with several ethnic and traditional medication system development projects and also achieved recognitions in the medicinal plant sector of Bangladesh. Recently they have raised their interests on Nutrigenomics to introduce the “Personalized Nutrition” aiming to evolve the health maintenance in Bangladesh. The goal of this paper is to discuss opportunities and challenges for the next generation medicine in Bangladesh. The term Nutrigenomics compiled by Nutrition and Genetics, is a powerful tool that refers to the study of how nutrients or food derived bioactive compounds can affect human’s gene expressions through diet. Nutrigenomics focuses at how SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) interact with diet and diseases. According to Dr. Christine Houghton [1], Nutrigenomics identifies certain food derived molecules which have the greatest potential to ‘switch on” the protective genes and those that can “switch off” the disease promoting genes. Examples given by world’s top nutrigenomics scientist Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy in an interview [2]: I. Compounds found in broccoli can switch on a gene that helps the body detoxify some of the chemicals we are exposed to everyday. This Gene is missing in about 20% of the general population who won’t get the detoxification benefits. II. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, revealed that caffeinated coffee show that drinking coffee lowers the risk of heart attacks for some individuals. But in other individuals the same dose of coffee actually increases the risk of heart attacks.
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Md Nur Kabidul Azam, Md Nasir Ahmed
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- DOI 10.32474/DDIPIJ.2019.02.000147
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