Functional Properties of Biologically Active Substances as Food Ingredients
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 3146
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural product chemistry; food biotechnology; biologically active compounds; phytopharmacology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Proper nutrition is our ally in the prevention of diseases. By following the main principles of a healthy diet, physiological homeostasis can be managed, and faster recovery from disease can be achieved. This is especially true in relation to special food products for specific age categories of the population and people with a predisposition for socially significant diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, obesity, and type 2 diabetes mellitus, as well as precancerous and oncological diseases. They should receive a complex of biologically active substances in an easily digestible form to reduce the risk of occurrence and aid in the treatment of the above-mentioned diseases. Importantly, a personalized approach to preventive medicine is required that uses the latest advances in nutrition genomics, such as the use of nano- and microencapsulation technologies to improve the bioavailability and digestibility of biologically active substances in food products. In this case, the set of active compounds is selected for each patient separately, taking into account the characteristics of their genetic profiles. Therefore, an actual challenge of modern nutritionology is to search for new approaches to formulate and provide nutrition recommendations, as this combines approved concepts of customized, healthy nutrition with a high level of personalization.
The current Special Issue will feature reviews, original articles, and brief communications on research on the use of food bioactive molecules for the correction of socially significant diseases. Particular attention will be paid to the mechanisms of the protective effects of food bioactive molecules in oncology, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, anxiety and depressive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Food antioxidants, antioxidants/antihypoxants, neuroprotectors, and neurostabilizers in the correction of socially significant diseases;
- Antidiabetic, anticancer, and anti-age effects of isoflavones, astaxanthin, and resveratrol;
- Biologically active compounds in foods working against anxiety and depressive and post-traumatic stress disorders;
- Metabolic pathways of biologically active compounds of foods in the human body;
- Nutrition genomics in prevention medicine;
- Digestibility of biologically active compounds as food supplements;
- Effect of biologically active compounds as food ingredients on the human microbiome.
Prof. Dr. Elena Kovaleva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biologically active compounds
- nutritionology
- Postramatuc Stress Disoder (PTSD)
- PTSD susceptability
- oxidative stress
- anti-diabiteic
- anticancer properties and anti-age properties
- functionality of foods
- metabolic pathways of biologically active compounds
