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The Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables—3rd Edition
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The Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables—3rd Edition

A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 5486

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mercedes Del Río Celestino

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Agri-Food Laboratory, (CAPDER), Avda Menéndez Pidal, s/n, 14080 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR); sensors; quality; food science; health; food processing; ready-to-eat vegetables
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Dr. Rafael Font Villa

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Agri-food Laboratory, (CAPDER), Avda Menéndez Pidal, s/n, 14080 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: food science; nutraceutics; sensors; NIRS; food quality
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Diets high in fruits and vegetables contain abundant dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals, particularly phytochemicals, which are recommended for their health-promoting properties. Epidemiological, toxicological, and nutritional studies have suggested an association between fruit and vegetable consumption with the lower incidence of chronic diseases, such as coronary heart problems, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews about the protective roles for fruits and vegetables (antioxidant activity, in vivo studies, in vitro studies, antimicrobial activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anticancer activity, and other bioactivities of fruits and vegetables) cultivated under “conventional or organic agriculture” will be addressed. Further, articles about the use of techniques to control food quality are also welcome.

Dr. Mercedes Del Río Celestino
Dr. Rafael Font Villa
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • fruits
  • horticultural products
  • health-promoting properties
  • phytochemicals
  • epidemiological studies
  • toxicological studies
  • nutritional studies
  • conventional agriculture
  • organic food

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In Vivo and In Vitro Studies Assessing the Safety of Monosodium Glutamate
by Tania Merinas-Amo, Rocío Merinas-Amo, Ángeles Alonso-Moraga, Rafael Font and Mercedes Del Río Celestino
Foods 2024, 13(23), 3981; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13233981 - 9 Dec 2024
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The controversial results of research on monosodium glutamate demand a new data corpus for the overall safety evaluation. Both animal and cellular model systems have been used to add a multilevel scope on its biological effects. The Drosophila melanogaster animal model has been [...] Read more.
The controversial results of research on monosodium glutamate demand a new data corpus for the overall safety evaluation. Both animal and cellular model systems have been used to add a multilevel scope on its biological effects. The Drosophila melanogaster animal model has been used to test a wide range of concentrations for safety purposes: toxicity, genotoxicity, longevity and health span. Medium concentrations corresponding to the human acceptable daily intake (ADI) (0.06 mg/mL) were not toxic nor genotoxic for Drosophila and safe for the lifespan parameters. Once safety was determined, the possible nutraceutical effects of monosodium glutamate was monitored in terms of antitoxicity, antigenotoxicity assays and health span. The results for protective activity against hydrogen peroxide were positive in terms of the medium concentration, antitoxic and antigenotoxic in terms of inhibiting the genotoxicity induced by the oxidative toxin up to 43.7% and increasing the health span expectancy by 32% in terms of days. Monosodium glutamate has been demonstrated to be cytotoxic against the model tumour cell line HL-60, not only in a necrotic way but through internucleosomal DNA fragmentation antitumour activity. The significant LINE1 DNA sequence methylation of HL-60 tumour cells induced by monosodium glutamate is a molecular marker for chemoprevention. Conclusions: the slight or non-significant positive nutraceutical and chemo preventive potential showed by monosodium glutamate at its ADI concentration can be considered as a safe dose for a moderate consumption. Full article
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Vegetable Salad Improves Lipid and Glucose Metabolism and Enhances Absorption of Specific Nutrients in Vegetables
by Diah Mulyawati Utari, Indri Kartiko-Sari, Toshitaka Miyazaki, Hiroko Umezawa, Yumi Takeda, Mariko Oe, Wei Wang, Sumiko Kamoshita, Motomi Shibasaki, Ryosuke Matsuoka and Shigeru Yamamoto
Foods 2024, 13(22), 3591; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13223591 - 10 Nov 2024
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Vegetables are low in energy and rich in vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber; various health benefits associated with their intake have been reported. Salads are one of the most convenient ways to consume vegetables and can be made simply by pouring mayonnaise, dressing, [...] Read more.
Vegetables are low in energy and rich in vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber; various health benefits associated with their intake have been reported. Salads are one of the most convenient ways to consume vegetables and can be made simply by pouring mayonnaise, dressing, olive oil, or other condiments over a selection of vegetables. There are also many reports on the ways in which vegetable intake can improve health. However, there is no comprehensive review summarizing the health functions of vegetables when consumed as a salad. The effects of vegetable salads on amounts of vegetable intake, lifestyle-related diseases, and the absorption of specific nutrients through mayonnaise, as well as the effects of the order in which vegetable salad and carbohydrates are consumed, have been reported. In this review, the health functions of vegetable salad consumption are reported. Full article
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