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Functional and Bioactive Nutraceutical Compounds from Seafood and Seafood By-Products
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Functional and Bioactive Nutraceutical Compounds from Seafood and Seafood By-Products

A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Foods of Marine Origin".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 19752

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ermelinda Prato

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Institute of Water Research (IRSA), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Taranto, Italy
Interests: global changes; marine litter; monitoring and management of coastal areas; toxicity evaluation; ecological indicator; bioaccumulation; toxicity tests; battery tests.
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Dr. Francesca Biandolino

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Institute of Water Research (IRSA), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Taranto, Italy
Interests: marine organisms; bioindicators; acute test; sub-chronic and chronic endpoints; climate change; marine litter
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Our Special Issue “Functional and Bioactive Nutraceutical Compounds from Seafood and Seafood By-Products” welcomes the submission of reviews and manuscripts describing original research aimed at improving the valorization of seafood and their by-products. We are highly interested in and encourage manuscripts related to the chemistry and quality of seafood.

Marine organisms constitute almost 80% of the world biota and provide a valuable resource for human nutrition and health. Their nutritional value is attributed to precious biomolecules such as polyunsaturated fatty acids, proteins, peptides, polysaccharides, polyphenols, probiotics, enzymes, vitamins, and minerals. The high seafood biodiversity and chemical diversity represent an unlimited resource for the development of new bioactive products.

In this context, particular attention must be paid to marine by-products, also aiming at a  more environmentally sustainable use of marine resources and higher economic benefits for the sector. Seafood by-products contain valuable biomolecules, whose knowledge is necessary to fully appreciate and make use of what is now considered waste.

Dr. Ermelinda Prato
Dr. Francesca Biandolino
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Keywords

  • Seafood quality 
  • Chemical composition 
  • Seafood processing 
  • Bioactive compounds 
  • Fish discards 
  • By-products valorization 
  • Functional and Bioactive Compounds 
  • Health Benefits

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Antihypertensive and Probiotic Effects of Hidakakombu (Saccharina angustata) Fermented by Lacticaseibacillus casei 001
by Tetsuya Sekine, Hiroshi Nagai and Naoko Hamada-Sato
Foods 2021, 10(9), 2048; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092048 - 31 Aug 2021
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Hidakakombu (Saccharina angustata), commonly known as kelp, is an edible macroalgae mainly grown in the Hidaka region of Hokkaido. Hidakakombu is graded based on its shape and color. Low-grade Hidakakombu has low value and is distributed at a low price. It [...] Read more.
Hidakakombu (Saccharina angustata), commonly known as kelp, is an edible macroalgae mainly grown in the Hidaka region of Hokkaido. Hidakakombu is graded based on its shape and color. Low-grade Hidakakombu has low value and is distributed at a low price. It is desired to establish a method to add value to low-grade Hidakakombu. In this study, low-grade Hidakakombu was fermented by Lacticaseibacillus casei 001 to add value. Fermentation of Hidakaombu enhanced the inhibition of blood pressure elevation due to ACE inhibition. L. casei 001 in fermented Hidakakombu remained viable in simulated gastric and intestinal juices. The ACE inhibitory component in L. casei 001-fermented Hidakakombu was isolated from the fraction below 3 kDa using high-performance liquid chromatography. The purified amino acid was identified as D-Trp using nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectroscopy, and optical rotation measurements. This is the first report on the ACE inhibitory activity of D-Trp in L. casei 001-fermented Hidakakombu. Hidakakombu fermented by L. casei 001 was shown to be a source of probiotics and functional components against hypertension. Therefore, fermentation by L. casei 001 was found to be an effective means of adding high value to low-grade Hidakombu. Full article
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Effect of Different Cooking Methods on Lipid Content and Fatty Acid Profiles of Mytilus galloprovincialis
by Francesca Biandolino, Isabella Parlapiano, Giuseppe Denti, Veronica Di Nardo and Ermelinda Prato
Foods 2021, 10(2), 416; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10020416 - 13 Feb 2021
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The effect of cooking (barbecue-grilling, boiling, microwaving, oven cooking and frying) on lipids, fatty acids (FAs) and lipid quality indices of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis was investigated. In general, all processing methods significantly (p < 0.05) modified the fatty acid profiles of [...] Read more.
The effect of cooking (barbecue-grilling, boiling, microwaving, oven cooking and frying) on lipids, fatty acids (FAs) and lipid quality indices of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis was investigated. In general, all processing methods significantly (p < 0.05) modified the fatty acid profiles of mussels, although with major changes in fried samples, which exhibited the lowest saturated fatty acids and n-3 and highest polyunsaturated (PUFA) and n-6 FAs content. A significant decrease in the n-3 PUFA from the raw sample to five cooking methods was observed. The n-3/n-6 ratio decreased from raw (6.01) to cooked mussels, exhibiting the lowest value in fried ones (0.15). C20:5 n-3 and C22:6 n-3 significantly decreased during all cooking processes, and overall in fried mussels. It can be concluded that cooking does not compromise the nutritional quality of mussels except with frying, although it resulted in a decrease of the atherogenic and thrombogenic indices. Full article
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Hizikia fusiformis: Pharmacological and Nutritional Properties
by Maria Dyah Nur Meinita, Dicky Harwanto, Jae-Hak Sohn, Jin-Soo Kim and Jae-Suk Choi
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1660; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071660 - 19 Jul 2021
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The brown seaweed Hizikia fusiformis (syn. Sargassum fusiforme), commonly known as “Hijiki”, has been utilized in traditional cuisine and medicine in East Asian countries for several centuries. H. fusiformis has attracted much attention owing to its rich nutritional and pharmacological properties. However, [...] Read more.
The brown seaweed Hizikia fusiformis (syn. Sargassum fusiforme), commonly known as “Hijiki”, has been utilized in traditional cuisine and medicine in East Asian countries for several centuries. H. fusiformis has attracted much attention owing to its rich nutritional and pharmacological properties. However, there has been no comprehensive review of the nutritional and pharmacological properties of H. fusiformis. The aim of this systematic review was to provide detailed information from the published literature on the nutritional and pharmacological properties of H. fusiformis. A comprehensive online search of the literature was conducted by accessing databases, such as PubMed, SpringerLink, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar, for published studies on the nutritional and pharmacological properties of H. fusiformis between 2010 and 2021. A total of 916 articles were screened from all the databases using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses method. Screening based on the setdown criteria resulted in 59 articles, which were used for this review. In this review, we found that there has been an increase in the number of publications on the pharmacological and nutritional properties of H. fusiformis over the last 10 years. In the last 10 years, studies have focused on the proximate, mineral, polysaccharide, and bioactive compound composition, and pharmacological properties, such as antioxidant, anticancer, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, photoprotective, neuroprotective, antidiabetic, immunomodulatory, osteoprotective, and gastroprotective properties of H. fusiformis extracts. Overall, further studies and strategies are required to develop H. fusiformis as a promising resource for the nutrition and pharmacological industries. Full article
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Bioactive Compounds of Nutraceutical Value from Fishery and Aquaculture Discards
by Mirko Mutalipassi, Roberta Esposito, Nadia Ruocco, Thomas Viel, Maria Costantini and Valerio Zupo
Foods 2021, 10(7), 1495; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10071495 - 28 Jun 2021
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Seafood by-products, produced by a range of different organisms, such as fishes, shellfishes, squids, and bivalves, are usually discarded as wastes, despite their possible use for innovative formulations of functional foods. Considering that “wastes” of industrial processing represent up to 75% of the [...] Read more.
Seafood by-products, produced by a range of different organisms, such as fishes, shellfishes, squids, and bivalves, are usually discarded as wastes, despite their possible use for innovative formulations of functional foods. Considering that “wastes” of industrial processing represent up to 75% of the whole organisms, the loss of profit may be coupled with the loss of ecological sustainability, due to the scarce recycling of natural resources. Fish head, viscera, skin, bones, scales, as well as exoskeletons, pens, ink, and clam shells can be considered as useful wastes, in various weight percentages, according to the considered species and taxa. Besides several protein sources, still underexploited, the most interesting applications of fisheries and aquaculture by-products are foreseen in the biotechnological field. In fact, by-products obtained from marine sources may supply bioactive molecules, such as collagen, peptides, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidant compounds, and chitin, as well as catalysts in biodiesel synthesis. In addition, those sources can be processed via chemical procedures, enzymatic and fermentation technologies, and chemical modifications, to obtain compounds with antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti-cancer, anti-hypertensive, anti-diabetic, and anti-coagulant effects. Here, we review the main discards from fishery and aquaculture practices and analyse several bioactive compounds isolated from seafood by-products. In particular, we focus on the possible valorisation of seafood and their by-products, which represent a source of biomolecules, useful for the sustainable production of high-value nutraceutical compounds in our circular economy era. Full article
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