Functional Components and Their Modulation of Metabolism
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2024 | Viewed by 440
Special Issue Editor
Interests: functional components; health benefits; metabolic regulation; molecular nutrition; food contaminants; toxic mechanism; functional hydrocolloids; encapsulation; delivery system
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Dear Colleagues,
Functional components are being increasingly recognized to have various potential health benefits on host, which include polyphenols, carotenoids, peptides, amino acids, lipids, fatty acids, minerals, vitamins, probiotics, prebiotics, plant metabolites and their combinations. Several studies have indicated that these functional components can reduce the risk of obesity, colonic diseases, noninsulin-dependent diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancers, and improve immune functions and inflammatory responses and reduce oxidative stress.
Functional components significantly influence the physiological status of the host by modulating their metabolism, such as lipid metabolism, glucose metabolism, bile acid metabolism, energy metabolism, etc. Furthermore, the gut microbiota has been regarded as ‘a metabolic organ’ in the host. It is also increasingly appreciated that some small molecule metabolites produced by gut microbiota are important signaling molecules that mediate the metabolic processes in the host. Therefore, functional components may also modulate the metabolism through the gut microbiota.
This Special Issue of Nutrients entitled “Functional Components and Their Modulation of Metabolism” welcomes the submission of original research and systematic reviews, as well as mini-reviews and short communications, related to the structure, composition and dose of functional components that modulate metabolism, their importance in health and well-being maintenance, and their potential to counteract the development of various diseases.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yaqiong Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional components
- modulation of metabolism
- health benefits
- gut microbiota
- chronic diseases
