Food Chemistry and Bioactive Compounds in Relation to Health, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Taking into consideration the aging tendency of the population, various oxidative stress diseases have become significatively more common. Nowadays, one of the best solutions is using bioactive compounds to achieve health benefits and disease prevention. Several epidemiological studies, indicate that the use or ingestion of foods or ingredients that are rich in bioactive compounds with antioxidant activity have a positive and beneficial effect on human health and decrease the risk of many stress-, metabolic-, functional decline-related diseases.

This Special Issue targets, but is not limited to, the following:

1. The extraction, purification, identification, and structural elucidation of newly bioactive compounds from various sources.
2. The characterization of newly developed bioactive ingredients that can be used in the food or cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industries, with a strong focus on the beneficial and functional effects exerted on human health.
3. The investigation of metabolic pathways and the bioactivities of these molecules or active ingredients, including new metabolomics approaches.

 Thus, we cordially invite our esteemed colleagues to submit both original research and review articles that cover the topics mentioned above.

Dr. Leontina Grigore-Gurgu
Prof. Dr. Iuliana Aprodu
Dr. Elena Enachi
Guest Editors

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• biologically active compounds
• functional food ingredients
• metabolic pathways
• health benefits
• foodborne pathogens
• probiotics
• chromatographic analysis
• enzymes applied in food industry

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