Natural Food Constituents and Their Biological Activity, Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1583
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutraceuticals and functional foods; medicinal plants; bioactive compounds; HPLC; LC-MS; nutrition; antioxidant agent; prebiotics; probiotics; symbiotics; bioavailability in vitro
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Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to present this Special Issue of Molecules entitled “Natural Food Constituents and Their Biological Activity, Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability”. Natural bioactive compounds have long been used as important constituents of a healthy diet due to their broad spectrum of health-promoting benefits. As a result, consumer awareness of the important role of high-quality products rich in natural bioactive compounds, e.g., polyphenols, anthocyanins, flavonols, carotenoids, chlorophylls, and peptides, in human nutrition, health, and the prevention of diseases has increased. Therefore, these ingredients are increasingly used in designing novel products. Essential to this is the assessment of the real value of products rich in bioactive compounds, including the effect of digestion in the gastrointestinal tract and their bioaccessibility and bioavailability in the body. Thus, for this Special Issue, I encourage you to submit the latest scientific news, insights, and advances regarding various natural food constituents and their biological activity; the possibilities of analyzing the bioaccessibility and bioavailability during passage through the digestive tract in in vitro models from individual or complex matrices; and interactions between bioactive constituents and digestion enzymes. The information presented will attract considerable interest from a broad group of readers from different disciplines and research fields.
Dr. Sabina Lachowicz-Wiśniewska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food constituents
- natural bioactive compounds
- polyphenols
- anthocyanins
- flavonols
- carotenoids
- chlorophylls
- food bioaccessibility
- food bioavailability
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