Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Functional Foods

Dear Colleagues,

The ancient Greek Hippocrates, the founder of medicine, said around 2500 years ago, "Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food." This proverb was revitalized in the 1900s, as several studies emphasized the significance of nutrition in disease prevention and the wellness promotion of human health.

Scientists, for several decades now, have been in the process of identifying physiologically active components of terrestrial and marine origin materials that have the potential to slow down various chronic conditions. These factors, together with an aging, health-conscious population, changes in food legislation, many technical advancements, and a market ready for the introduction of health-promoting foodstuffs, gave rise to the concept of "functional foods."

We are pleased to announce this Collection entitled "Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: "Functional Foods". This issue will be a collection of papers from researchers invited by the Editorial Board Members.

The aim is to provide a venue for networking and communication between applied sciences and scholars in the field of functional foods in topics such as analysis, formulations, stability, safety, bioavailability and health effects.  

Dr. Haralabos Christos Karantonis
Prof. Dr. José Manuel Moreno-Rojas
Guest Editors

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