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2. Centre for Cardiometabolic Research in Africa, Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
3. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3880, South Africa

2. Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
The Effect of Phytochemicals and Food Bioactive Compounds on the Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes including Ethnopharmacological Aspects
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Dear Colleagues,
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors driving the global prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is increasing, as reported in the Diabetes Atlas, 10th edition. In 2021, the global diabetes prevalence in 20–79-year-olds was estimated to be 10.5% (536.6 million people), rising to 12.2% (783.2 million) in 2045. Global diabetes-related health expenditures were estimated at USD 966 billion in 2021 and are projected to reach USD 1,054 billion by 2045. Natural products from terrestrial and aquatic organisms still constitute huge sources of biologically active factors for the development of drugs, cosmetics or nutraceuticals, as well as our daily foods. Screening for constituents that modify the MetS risks from edible natural products is an intelligent policy from the perspective of safety and diabetes prevention, including aspects of ethnopharmacology and folk medicine, because they have long histories of ingestion every day. This Special Issue expects recent studies on preventive and/or alleviating effects of various biofactors against MetS and diabetes, especially T2D, as well as those on their modes of actions at molecular, cellular, tissue and/or whole-body levels. In this issue, biofactors include both non-nutrients and nutrients such as various phytochemicals, zoochemicals such as branched-chain amino acids, peptides, lipids, minerals and vitamins.
Prof. Dr. Kazumi Yagasaki
Prof. Dr. Christo J.F. Muller
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Joubert
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Keywords
- metabolic syndrome
- diabetes
- type 2 diabetes
- food bioactives
- phytochemicals
- zoochemicals
- molecular mechanism of action
- ethnopharmacology
- folk medicine
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Biomedicines
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3.9 | 5.2 | 2013 | 14.6 Days | CHF 2600 |
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology
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2.8 | 2.9 | 1999 | 15.8 Days | CHF 2200 |
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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4.9 | 8.1 | 2000 | 16.8 Days | CHF 2900 |
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Molecules
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4.2 | 7.4 | 1996 | 15.1 Days | CHF 2700 |
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Pharmaceuticals
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4.3 | 6.1 | 2004 | 13.9 Days | CHF 2900 |
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