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Functional Foods [PDF]

Extreme and Rare Sports, 2019
Functional foods are products that contain the ingredients in sufficient quantities, but have a greater impact on vital functions than traditional foods, contribute to the prevention of diseases, have a health protection effect, and thus overall they ...
A Annunziata, A Maslow, A Scholey, A Vicentini, AE Sloan, AJ Stein, Angela Tarabella, AT Diplock, AT Erkkilä, B Bigliardi, B Mollet, Barbara J. Stewart-Knox, BB Petrovska, C Nishida, CJ Henry, CM Hasler, D Sorenson, D Swinbanks, DM Martirosyan, DR Farr, E Kleef Van, E Younesi, F Bellisle, F Nikaein, Gastón Ares, GR Gibson, HCM Trijp Van, I Siró, JT Spence, K Kubomara, K Menrad, KG Grunert, L Contor, LJ Maynard, M Ashwell, M Doyon, M Hilliam, M Hillian, M Niva, MB Roberfroid, MB Roberfroid, MB Roberfroid, MB Roberfroid, MB Roberfroid, MERI ANTTOLAINEN, MR Corbo, N Urala, NG Asp, P Aureli, P Rozin, Paul Gilbert, PJ Jones, PJ Tomasik, R Wongprawmas, Ratapol Teratanavat, RPF Guiné, S Arai, S Arai, S Juvan, S Malla, S Salminen, SK Banerjee, SL DeFelice, Stefanie Bröring, T Bech-Larsen, T Shimizu, Tarabella, TC Lau, V Falguera, V Giannetti, V Tufarelli, W Verbeke, Wim Verbeke, Y Young   +73 more
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Designing Nutrition for Health—Incorporating Dietary By-Products into Poultry Feeds to Create Functional Foods with Insights into Health Benefits, Risks, Bioactive Compounds, Food Component Functionality and Safety Regulations

Foods, 2023
This review delves into the concept of nutrition by design, exploring the relationship between poultry production, the utilization of dietary by-products to create functional foods, and their impact on human health.
P. Vlaicu, A. Untea, I. Varzaru, M. Sărăcilă, Alexandra-Gabriela Oancea   +4 more
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Nutritional Profile and Health Benefits of Ganoderma lucidum “Lingzhi, Reishi, or Mannentake” as Functional Foods: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives

Foods, 2022
Ganoderma lucidum has a long history of medicinal uses in the Far East countries of more than 2000 years due to its healing properties. Recently, G. lucidum has come under scientific scrutiny to evaluate its content of bioactive components that affect ...
A. E. El Sheikha
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Nutritional and Antioxidant Properties of Moringa oleifera Leaves in Functional Foods

Foods, 2022
Moringa oleifera is a tree cultivated originally in northern India, whose ancient use as a medicine has demonstrated its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
R. Peñalver, L. Martínez-Zamora, J. Lorenzo, G. Ros, G. Nieto   +4 more
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Spray-Dried Microencapsulation of Oregano (Lippia graveolens) Polyphenols with Maltodextrin Enhances Their Stability during In Vitro Digestion

Journal of Chemistry, 2022
The effect of in vitro gastrointestinal digestion on the release of microencapsulated phenolic compounds was evaluated through an optimized spray drying process. A stock extract of oregano phenolic compounds was developed and microencapsulated in a spray
Manuel de Jesús Bernal-Millán, Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva, Laura Contreras-Angulo, M. Dolores Muy-Rangel, L. Xochitl López-Martínez, J. Basilio Heredia   +5 more
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Spray-dried microencapsulation of bean coat flour (Phaselus vulgaris, L.) bioactive compounds: optimization, functional activity, and storage

CyTA - Journal of Food, 2023
Common beans are a source of phenolic compounds. However, they are sensitive to different factors. Microencapsulation may protect those bioactive compounds (BC). Hence, it is important to study the effects of microencapsulation and increase BC stability.
Raquel Karina Cruz-Bravo, Daniel Guajardo-Flores, Carlos Alberto Gómez-Aldapa, Javier Castro-Rosas, Ricardo Omar Navarro-Cortez, Luis Díaz-Batalla, Reyna Nallely Falfán-Cortés   +6 more
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Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human Health

Microorganisms, 2022
Functional foods are classified as traditional or staple foods that provide an essential nutritional level and share potentially positive effects on host health, including the reduction of disease by optimizing the immune system’s ability to prevent and ...
Morayma Ramírez Damián, N. Cortes-Perez, E. Quintana, A. Ortiz-Moreno, Cynthia Garfias Noguez, Carlos Eugenio Cruceño-Casarrubias, María Elena Sánchez Pardo, L. Bermúdez-Humarán   +7 more
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A rational definition for functional foods: A perspective

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Many foods are described as “functional foods”. However, the term is poorly defined. A commonly used definition is that they contain substances that have positive effects on health “beyond basic nutrition”.
N. Temple
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Immunomodulatory functional foods and their molecular mechanisms

Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 2022
The immune system comprises a complex group of processes that provide defense against diverse pathogens. These defenses can be divided into innate and adaptive immunity, in which specific immune components converge to limit infections.
Jae Hwan Kim, Da Hyun Kim, Seongin Jo, Min Je Cho, Y. Cho, Yong Joon Lee, Sanguine Byun   +6 more
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Research Progress of Fermented Functional Foods and Protein Factory-Microbial Fermentation Technology

Fermentation, 2022
Fermentation has been used for ages as a safe technique for food preservation, and it uses minimal resources. Fermentation is related to a wide range of catabolic biochemical procedures in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
Wenli Sun, M. H. Shahrajabian, Min-Qiu Lin   +2 more
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