Development of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Gut Health
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 4573
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutrition; nutraceuticals; antioxidant activity; food chemistry; nutrition assessment; bioactivity; biological activities; functional food
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional foods/nutraceuticals are foods/components of foods that promote human health in addition to normal nutritional value. Recently, functional foods and nutraceuticals have attracted great attention from scientists and consumers due to their diverse health-promoting properties with fewer or no side effects. The gut plays an important role in digestion and immune defense. The microbiome of the gut and intestinal barrier are the two important factors that significantly affect gut health. Functional foods/nutraceuticals with various biological properties could potentially improve gut health through several molecular mechanisms. Therefore, development of functional foods/nutraceuticals based on prebiotics, probiotics, proteins, peptides, polysaccharides, lipids, polyphenols, vitamins, minerals, etc. is important in order to promote gut health and protect the body from invading pathogens.
Dr. Chalamaiah Meram
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gut health
- functional foods
- nutraceuticals
- bioactive compounds
- food chemistry
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