Molecular Advances in Functional Products for Health Prevention and Promotion
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 533
Special Issue Editor
Interests: health prevention; human nutrition; nutrigenomics; nutrition and immunity; epigenetics; functional foods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Preventive health and health promotion are the most important factors responsible for the stability of the healthcare system and prolonging life, particularly a healthy life. A key role in this process is played by health-promoting food, especially functional food.
Functional food provides specific health benefits and are often enriched with bioactive ingredients, such as vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals. The potential of functional food in preventing diseases has been demonstrated through its ability to improve the overall nutritional status of the body and modulate inflammation, among other functions. Bioactive ingredients contained in some functional products can help regulate the immune system and reduce chronic inflammation, the latter of which is associated with the development of many chronic non-communicable diseases. In addition, bioactive ingredients can modify epigenetic marks, such as DNA methylation and histone modification.
In this Special Issue, supervised by Dr. Aneta Koronowicz with the assistance of our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Ewelina Piasna-Słupecka (University of Agriculture in Krakow), we will discuss the following:
- The health benefits of functional foods with bioactive ingredients;
- Relationships between bioactive ingredients present in the diet and chronic non-communicable diseases;
- Functional foods and their epigenetic effects;
- New bioactive food ingredients with improved bioavailability and tolerance, used in the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases.
Importantly, the exact active ingredients in functional foods must be reported in submitted manuscripts; we regret that those describing the effects of mixed substances without ingredient descriptions will not be accepted.
Dr. Aneta Koronowicz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional foods
- food fortification
- biofortification
- bioactive food ingredients
- human nutrition
- nutrition and immunity
- health prevention
- chronic non-communicable diseases
- epigenetics
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