The Intervention and Regulatory Potential of Natural Active Substances in Foods on Chronic Diseases
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: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 2260
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Interests: non-thermal processing of food; food allergens and safety control; nutrition and health regulation
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Interests: food science; food processing and safety
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Interests: food safety; thermal processing; formation mechanism; mitigation strategies; food-born hazardous
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Dear Colleagues,
Natural active substances in foods include not only essential substances in organisms, such as proteins and fats, but also various secondary metabolites, such as glycosides, tannic acids, flavonoids, alkaloids, or pigments found in plants; microbial metabolites, such as sugar peptides, peptides, or various organic acids; and animal peptides extracted from animal tissues (such as bones, skin, or cartilage). Research has found that natural active substances show various biological activities, including anti-tumor, anti-oxidant, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, blood-sugar-lowering, blood-lipid-lowering, anti-bacterial, immune-enhancing, obesity-improving, and cardiovascular-disease-reducing functions, suggesting that natural active substances are important pharmaceutical raw materials and offer great potential in the medical, healthcare, and biopharmaceutical fields. Common chronic diseases, including asthma, heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, malignant tumors, and mental health disorders, are difficult to treat. Used alongside corresponding drug treatments, dietary interventions to improve foods, such as by incorporating rich, natural active substances, can serve as an effective means of preventing/alleviating chronic diseases.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Nutrients.
Dr. Fangyu Long
Dr. Guangxu Ren
Dr. Yuchen Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural active substances
- chronic diseases
- metabolite
- animal peptide
- asthma
- hypertension
- diabetes
- obesity
- mental health disorders
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