Health-Promoting Components of Fruits and Vegetables in Human Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2016) | Viewed by 267573
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemistry of polyphenols; anthocyanins; phytochemicals; analytical chemistry
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Interests: anthocyanins; dietary bioactives; multivitamins; dietary supplements; choline; eggs; calcium; vitamin D; bone health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is general agreement within the fields of food, nutrition, and medical sciences that an individual’s diet and lifestyle choices can substantially predispose one to, or protect against, many age- and obesity-related chronic diseases. The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements has defined dietary bioactives as “compounds that are constituents in foods and dietary supplements, other than those needed to meet basic human nutritional needs, which are responsible for changes in health status.”1 These compounds are generally thought to be safe in food at normal consumption levels (e.g., anthocyanins in berries). Their biological activities may be defined as a single compound (e.g., lutein in spinach) or class of compounds (e.g., avenanthramides in oats) for which optimal effects may be achieved through consumption of mixtures where the exact identity and composition is often unknown. Classes of similar compounds are commonly found in similar types of plants; however their incidence in the food can vary significantly because of environmental influences, such as cultivation, soil, altitude, and weather conditions. Substantial scientific evidence is available for some health promoting phytochemicals, including dose-response relations, and statistically significant relations with improved physiologic performance and/or reduction in the risk of chronic disease. However, several limitations relating to absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of many dietary bioactives still exist and must be better understood in the scientific literature. It is our hope that this Special Issue will attract manuscripts that advance our understanding of how dietary bioactive, particularly from fruits and vegetables, influence long-term health maintenance and disease prevention.
Dr. M. Monica Giusti and Dr. Taylor C. Wallace
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dietary bioactives
- health
- disease prevention
- functional foods
- nutrition
- fruits
- vegetables
- whole grains
- antioxidant
- non-essential nutrient
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