Dietary Supplements’ Quality and Their Role in Health and Disease, 2nd Volume
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 1510
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food bioactive compounds; elemental composition; food supplements; nutritional value; functional foods; food chemistry; analytical methods; HPLC; AAS; chemometrics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dietary supplements, which constitute concentrated sources of minerals, vitamins, or other nutritional or biologically active substances such as amino acids, fatty acids, enzymes, and herbal extracts, belong to the food category. By definition, they are intended to supplement the diet with nutrients and/or bioactive compounds and cannot exert a therapeutic effect. They may be visually identical to the pharmaceutical forms of medicinal products because they are marketed in forms such as tablets, capsules, powders, or liquids. Dietary supplements can be beneficial to human health; however, their consumption can also be risky, as their quality and effectiveness are not checked before they are marketed. The dietary supplements market is developing very rapidly; thus, there is a need for scientific evidence on their safety, efficacy, and potential effects on human health.
In this Special Issue, we welcome manuscripts across a broad range of topics, but we are particularly interested in original research manuscripts and/or reviews of the current scientific literature concerning dietary supplements’ quality and their role in health and disease.
Dr. Małgorzata Grembecka
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dietary supplements
- supplementation
- bioactive compounds
- nutraceuticals
- nutrients
- secondary metabolites
- safety
- quality
- health promotion
- disease prevention
