Bioactive Compounds: Applications and Benefits for Human Health
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 44
Special Issue Editors
2. IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Via di Val Cannuta, 247, 00166 Rome, Italy
Interests: bioactive compounds; polyphenols; terpenoids; alkaloids; glucosinolates; antioxidant; anti-inflammatory
Interests: plant proteins; discovery and identification of bioactive peptides; functional food; food analysis by mass spectrometry; peptide stability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bioactive compounds are natural constituents found in many foods such as vegetables, fruits, olive oil, wine, tea, spices, cereals, beer and chocolate, but they can also be derived from animals and microbial sources, or be chemically synthesized. Among the most commonly analyzed bioactive compounds are polyphenols, terpenoids, alkaloids and glucosinolates, which, having antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, are able to modulate some important physiological functions, molecular pathways and biological activities. Thus, bioactive compounds can exert beneficial effects on human health. In fact, many scientific studies to date have explored the consequences of the consumption of bioactive compounds with respect to some pathologies, such as cardiovascular diseases, bacterial and viral infections, modulation of the microbiota, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer and even sarcopenia.
This Special Issue focuses on the analysis of the molecular effects of bioactive compounds in different physiological or pathological conditions (cardiovascular diseases, bacterial and viral infections, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer and sarcopenia). Furthermore, it will include studies regarding the identification, purification and extraction of bioactive compounds and their use in pre-clinical and clinical research.
Dr. Sara Baldelli
Dr. Gilda Aiello
Dr. Mauro Lombardo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive compounds
- polyphenols
- terpenoids
- alkaloids
- glucosinolates
- antioxidant
- anti-inflammatory
- cardiovascular diseases
- bacterial and viral infections
- microbiota
- neurodegenerative diseases
- cancer
- sarcopenia
- identification
- purification
- extraction
- pre-clinical
- clinical
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