Functional Food Ingredients on Immunity Improvement
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antioxidants; functional foods ingredients; public health; nutritional evaluation; natural product extracts; probiotics and prebiotics; quality-safety of foods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional food ingredients have gained increasing attention as important modulators of human health, particularly due to their potential in enhancing immune function. These bioactive compounds—including vitamins, minerals, polyphenols, peptides, polysaccharides, fatty acids, and probiotics—exert their effects through multiple biological pathways. They can modulate gut microbiota composition, exhibit anti-inflammatory properties, and influence both innate and adaptive immune responses by regulating immune-related signaling mechanisms. As chronic inflammation and immune-related disorders become more prevalent, the role of diet and functional foods in maintaining immune homeostasis is of growing scientific and public interest.
This Special Issue of IJMS aims to present recent advances in the identification, characterization, and utilization of functional food ingredients with immunomodulatory activity. We invite researchers, scientists, and industry experts from food, nutritional, and health sciences to share their expertise and contribute to this Special Issue.
Dr. Prodromos Skenderidis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional food ingredients
- bioactive compounds
- health potentials
- food processing and immunomodulation
- green extraction techniques
- molecular mechanisms
- nutritional immunology
- dietary intervention
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