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A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2017)
Special Issue Editor
Advisory Board Member
Prof. Dr. Luis Vitetta
Discipline of Pharmacology, Sydney Medical School – Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney
Website | E-Mail Phone: +61 2 8094 1939 Interests: probiotics/human microbiome and pro-oxidant signalling systems; nutraceuticals/nutrition; clinical trials/epidemiology; integrative medicine and a multidisciplinary approach to clinical medicine |
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For decades the scientific literature has demonstrated and posited the beneficial effects of functional foods, and their components. Epidemiology holds the key to aetiology and, as such, the epidemiological both from in vivo and in vitro studies and clinical evidence data indicate that functional foods/plant-based diets can significantly reduce the risk of chronic diseases. Functional foods comprise an array of compounds designated as phytochemicals, micronutrients in food and from animal sources, microbes (probiotics) and their metabolic by-products directly or indirectly maintaining homeostasis by influencing the body’s physiological system. This activity encompasses immune-neuro-endocrine networks that help maintain optimum health and end-organ functionality (e.g., liver, skeletal muscle function, brain) that currently places the intestines at the centre of this co-ordinated activity.
Prof. Dr. Luis Vitetta
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Marine Drugs is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- Functional Foods
- Phytochemicals
- Probiotics
- Prebiotics
- Metabolites