Health-Promoting Effects of Food Legumes and Their Molecular Mechanisms
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food science; phytochemicals; nutraceuticals; pharmaceuticals; functional foods; molecular nutrition; cell biology
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Interests: food chemistry; gas chromatography; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; polyphenols; volatile compounds; wine chemistry; extraction; fermentation; prebiotic compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many food legumes are medicinal food homologs that are widely distributed worldwide and have been widely consumed. Food Legumes are rich in primary metabolites such as protein, dietary fiber, and carbohydrates and contain various secondary metabolites, including polyphenols, flavonoids, saponins, etc. The phytochemicals of food legumes have been reported to have a wide range of health-promoting effects, including anti-cancer, anti-obesity, anti-Alzheimer's disease, and more. However, previous studies have not fully identified specific bioactive compounds contributing to health-promoting effects or their underlying molecular mechanisms. In this situation, a Special Issue collecting the latest developments and focusing on food legumes' health-promoting effects and their molecular mechanisms will be very attractive to readers.
This Special Issue will provide new insights into food legumes' health-promoting effects and molecular mechanisms. We encourage authors to submit original articles based on in vitro, in vivo, clinical trials, and reviews related to this attractive topic.
Prof. Dr. Baojun Xu
Dr. Matteo Bordiga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food legumes
- health-promoting effect
- molecular mechanism
- phytochemicals
- diseases
- therapeutic targets
- signaling pathway
