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Dietary Bioactive Compound and Health – Volume II
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Dietary Bioactive Compound and Health – Volume II

A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2023) | Viewed by 11091

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Choon Young Kim

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Department of Food and Nutrition, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
Interests: functional dietary components; obesity; sarcopenia; metabolic diseases; adipogenesis; intestinal tight junction
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Dr. Bonggi Lee

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Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Daeyeon Dong, Busan 608737, Korea
Interests: obesity and skin aging, especially focusing on the roles of functional compounds derived from natural products in adipose tissue metabolism, melanogenesis, and wrinkle formation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Dietary bioactive compounds and nutrients, such as vitamin, mineral, peptides, phytochemicals, and polysaccharides, isolated from foods and herbs have been gotten big attention for their health-promoting properties. These natural bioactive compounds have been known to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-obese, and anti-cancer activities, thus preventing and controlling obesity, diabetes, inflammatory diseases, and cancers. The elucidation of the bioavailability, the biological functions of dietary bioactive compounds and their underlying molecular mechanisms are important to understand their health benefits. This Special Issue aims to collect scientific papers focusing on all aspects of bioactive compounds with health benefits.

Dr. Choon Young Kim
Dr. Bonggi Lee
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • functional foods
  • bioactive components
  • bioactive nutrients
  • biological function
  • disease prevention
  • molecular mechanism
  • herbal extract

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Gene–Diet Interactions: Viability of Lactoferrin-Fortified Yoghurt as an Element of Diet Therapy in Patients Predisposed to Overweight and Obesity
by Anna Jańczuk-Grabowska, Tomasz Czernecki and Aneta Brodziak
Foods 2023, 12(15), 2929; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12152929 - 02 Aug 2023
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Given the availability of molecular tools, population studies increasingly include the gen-diet interactions in their considerations. The use of these interactions allows for the obtaining of more uniform research groups. In practice, this translates into the possibility of reducing the size of the [...] Read more.
Given the availability of molecular tools, population studies increasingly include the gen-diet interactions in their considerations. The use of these interactions allows for the obtaining of more uniform research groups. In practice, this translates into the possibility of reducing the size of the research group while maintaining the precision of the research. The research results obtained in this way can be used to select certain ingredients and foods in a dietary intervention with a higher degree of personalisation. In both prophylaxis and dietary therapy of overweight and obesity, the proper selection of bioactive ingredients best suited to the given group of consumers is of key importance. Hence, the aim of the presented study was to assess the effectiveness of a dietary intervention with the use of lactoferrin (LF)-fortified yoghurt, in terms of the ability to regulate body weight and carbohydrate metabolism in individuals whose genomes contained single nucleotide polymorphisms that predisposed them to increased accumulation of fatty tissue and consequently overweight or obesity. A group of 137 participants (98 women and 37 men) of Polish origin were screened for the presence of four single nucleotide polymorphisms (rs993960—FTO gene, rs7903146—TCF7L2 gene, rs10830963—MTNR1B gene, and rs1121980—FTO gene). Subsequently, a group of 19 participants diagnosed with the presence of risk factors within said SNPs underwent a 21-day dietary intervention (crossover study) with the use of yoghurt fortified with lactoferrin (200 mg/day). The results of the study revealed a genetic difference between the Polish population and the European average, in terms of the SNPs analysed. The dietary intervention showed a statistically significantly higher efficiency in terms of body mass reduction (p = 0.000) and lowering the glycated haemoglobin ratio (HbA1c) (p = 0.000) when consuming specially prepared yoghurt containing lactoferrin, as compared to results registered for unfortified yoghurt. Given the above, yoghurt fortified with LF should be considered as a viable element of diet therapy in overweight and obese patients diagnosed with risk factors within the analysed polymorphisms. Full article
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Traditional Mexican Food: Phenolic Content and Public Health Relationship
by Julia María Alatorre-Cruz, Ricardo Carreño-López, Graciela Catalina Alatorre-Cruz, Leslie Janiret Paredes-Esquivel, Yair Olovaldo Santiago-Saenz and Adriana Nieva-Vázquez
Foods 2023, 12(6), 1233; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12061233 - 14 Mar 2023
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Phenolic compounds have a positive effect on obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases because of their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capacity. The prevalence of these diseases has increased in the last years in the Mexican population. Therefore, the Mexican diet must be assessed as provider [...] Read more.
Phenolic compounds have a positive effect on obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases because of their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capacity. The prevalence of these diseases has increased in the last years in the Mexican population. Therefore, the Mexican diet must be assessed as provider of phenolic compounds. To assess this, a survey of phenolic compound intake was validated and applicated to 973 adults (798 females) between 18 and 79 years old. We compared the phenolic compound intake of 324 participants with more diseases (239 females) and 649 participants with healthier condition (559 females). The groups differed in sex, age, and scholarship. Males, older participants, and those with lower schooling reported suffering from more diseases. Regarding phenolic compound intake analyses, the participants with healthier conditions displayed a higher phenolic compound intake than the other group in all foods assessed. In addition, the regression model showed that the phenolic compounds intake of Mexican dishes, such as arroz con frijol or enchiladas, positively affected health status, suggesting that this traditional food is beneficial for the participant’s health condition. However, the weight effect of PCI was different for each disease. We conclude that, although PCI of Mexican food positively affects health conditions, this effect depends on sex, age, and participants’ diseases. Full article
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Long-Term Dietary Lycium ruthenicum Murr. Anthocyanins Intake Alleviated Oxidative Stress-Mediated Aging-Related Liver Injury and Abnormal Amino Acid Metabolism
by Shasha Chen, Honglun Wang and Na Hu
Foods 2022, 11(21), 3377; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11213377 - 26 Oct 2022
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In recent years, the relationship between Lycium ruthenicum Murr. anthocyanins (LRA) and health has attracted increasing attention. The purpose of this study is to investigate the anti-aging effect and mechanism of LRA through a D-galactose (DG)-induced aging rat model. Our results showed that [...] Read more.
In recent years, the relationship between Lycium ruthenicum Murr. anthocyanins (LRA) and health has attracted increasing attention. The purpose of this study is to investigate the anti-aging effect and mechanism of LRA through a D-galactose (DG)-induced aging rat model. Our results showed that the long-term intake of LRA, for 8 weeks, improved motor function, reduced serum aging markers, promoted the endogenous antioxidant system, and suppressed the serum inflammatory cytokines in aging rats. Besides, the LRA treatment alleviated DG-induced liver injuries by relieving the inflammation and inhibiting Fas/FasL-mediated cell death. More importantly, the abnormal serum metabolome profiles of the aging rats were restored by the LRA, relating to 38 metabolites and 44 pathways. Specifically, the LRA significantly affected the amino acid and protein-related metabolic pathways by regulating the levels of L-threonine, L-aspartic acid, glycine, L-histidine, D-homocysteine, L-homocitrulline, L-homoserine, guanidineacetic acid, and kynurenine. These results have important implications for the development of LRA as an anti-aging and liver-protective ingredient. Full article
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Preventive Effects of Thinned Apple Extracts on TNF-α-Induced Intestinal Tight Junction Dysfunction in Caco-2 Cells through Myosin Light Chain Kinase Suppression
by Joo-Yeon Lee and Choon Young Kim
Foods 2022, 11(12), 1714; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11121714 - 11 Jun 2022
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction and elevation of proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α. Tight junctions (TJ) control the paracellular barrier of the gut. Thinned apples are an indispensable horticultural agro-waste for apple cultivation, but are disposed by [...] Read more.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction and elevation of proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α. Tight junctions (TJ) control the paracellular barrier of the gut. Thinned apples are an indispensable horticultural agro-waste for apple cultivation, but are disposed by most farmers. This study aimed to elucidate the preventive effect of thinned apple extracts (TAE) on the intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction induced by TNF-α treatment in Caco-2 cells. The differentiated Caco-2 monolayers were pre-treated with mature apple extract (MAE) and TAE for 1 h and then incubated with 100 ng/mL TNF-α for 24 h. The TJ integrity was estimated by measuring the value of transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) and the flux of fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran through paracellular transport. TAE had a better protective effect on the intestinal epithelial barrier than MAE did. Western blot results showed that TAE pre-retreatment elevated TJ protein levels such as claudin-1, -4, and -5. Moreover, TAE inhibited the interaction between zonula occludens proteins (ZO)-1 and occludin by reducing the tyrosine phosphorylation of ZO-1. The mechanisms underlying TAE-mediated attenuation of TNF-α-induced TJ disruption included suppression of myosin light chain kinase and NF-κB p65 protein levels. Therefore, thinned apples could be a sustainable ingredient for functional foods to prevent IBD. Full article
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