Therapeutic and Nutraceutical Values of Functional Food
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1826
Special Issue Editors
Interests: functional food; natural compound; food bioactive compound; traditional Chinese medicine; quality control; anticancer; drug development
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit your research papers to this Special Issue, “Therapeutic and Nutraceutical Values of Functional Food”. Functional foods provide more than just essential nutrition; they contain bioactive compounds with the potential to support specific physiological functions, leading to both medicinal and health advantages in the prevention, management, and even treatment of various diseases. Consequently, the development of therapeutic treatments and associated pharmaceuticals derived from functional foods becomes a feasible consideration.
This Special Issue aims to present the latest and most promising insights concerning the bioactive components, health benefits, and underling mechanisms of functional foods. We anticipate that this Special Issue will serve as a timely reference for researchers who are interested in the exploration and development of functional foods.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Functional foods for disease prevention and management.
- Gut health and functional foods.
- Probiotics, prebiotics, and microbial functional foods.
- Foods and herbal medicines.
- Bioactive compounds in functional foods and herbs.
- Free radicals, antioxidant and functional foods.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sibao Chen
Dr. Guo-Qing Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- functional food
- formulations
- nutraceutical
- natural compound
- probiotic
- biological activities
- quality control
- antioxidant