Bioactive Compounds in Food Bioscience and Pharmacology
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 78251
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lycopene; tomato juice; carotenoids; biocatalysis
Interests: animal science; bioactive compounds of natural products; biomedical; nutrients; metabolites
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Dear Colleagues,
With the increasing awareness of the link between food, nutrition, and health, experts are enthusiastic to research efficient or bioactive compounds in food. Nutraceuticals, widely known as functional foods, fall into two forms (conventional and modified) and play an important role in protecting against nutrient deficiency diseases and elevate the immune response against certain diseases effectively. Some bioactive compounds in food may cause lethal harm to health, while some bioactive compounds which play reverse roles can prevent cardiovascular diseases, obesity and metabolic diseases. Potential themes include but are not limited to the following: development of nutrition-based approaches to decrease the hazards caused by dietary bioactive compounds, the role of dietary bioactive compounds in the enhancement of gut microbiota, and biochemical biomarkers of chronic metabolic diseases. Plant products can be used in dietary formulations, which can be exploited as functional foods. In this Special Issue, we invite eminent researchers to contribute research articles using in vitro or in vivo models to address the roles of phytochemicals or other dietary bioactive compounds on the biological applications. Review articles are also welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Kannan R.R. Rengasamy
Dr. Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobial activity
- plant-derived compounds
- nutrients
- anti-cancer products
- pharmaceutical potential
- anti-inflammatory activity
- plant extracts
- secondary metabolites: in vitro/in vivo screening
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