Plant Bioactive Compounds for Health Benefits and Nutrition
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 119343
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food science and technology; natural food matrix; food additives; functional foods and ingredients
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Interests: plant food bioactive compounds; chemical and sensory food analysis; nutrition
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue of Nutrients, we would like to bring together papers dealing with the topic of plant bioactive compounds for health benefits and nutrition. In broad terms, the study of bioactive compounds, health, and nutrition may focus on different bioactive compounds present in vegetables, their intake, health effects, reduction of disease risk, as well as effects on disease biomarkers.
The average life expectancy has increased significantly with medical advances and economic progress, and with it, the concern about health and nutrition. Sedentary lifestyles and dietary factors contribute to the burden of illnesses and deaths. In fact, dietary factors are related to 4 of the 10 principal causes of death: coronary heart disease, some types of cancer, stroke, type 2 diabetes.
Besides, it is estimated that about 3 to 4 million cases of cancer could be avoided every year with an adequate and healthy food intake and nutrition, regular physical activity, and avoidance of obesity. In this context, functional foods, which contain components, nutrients, or bioactive compounds exerting selective beneficial effects on one or more functions of the organism, are widely distributed in the food market. Health claims are important value-added features for consumers and therefore for the food industry, since they can give a competitive advantage to a food product and can differentiate food products in the market. The EFSA accepts only health claims based on accepted scientific evidence. Therefore, further research is required to provide strong scientific evidence of the association between functional foods containing bioactive compounds and human health.
We welcome different types of manuscripts, including original research articles and up-to-date reviews (systematic reviews and meta-analyses).
Topics may include, but are not limited to, the associations of bioactive compounds present in foods, their intake, and nutritional biomarkers with reduction of disease risk, cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, high blood pressure, as well as other diseases.
Prof. Dr. Virginia Fernández-Ruiz
Prof. Dr. Patricia Morales
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Bioactive compounds
- phenolics
- antioxidants
- carotenoids
- health claims
- nutrition
- reduction of disease risk
- DNA protection
- proteins protection
- lipids damage
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