Functional Foods and Natural Products: Bioactive Compounds and Beneficial Effects on Health—3rd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 676
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemistry and food quality; quality control and chemical characterization; sustainable processes and products; chronic kidney disease; renal fibrosis; drinking water quality
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Interests: natural products; bioactive proprieties; drinking water; quality control; antioxidants
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the intake of food products composed of artificial compounds/additives has motivated many discussions owing to the potential adverse effects of these substances on consumer health. Therefore, many food companies have started to substitute these additives (chemically produced or chemically modified after extraction) with natural equivalents in order to meet current consumer expectations of safer and healthy foods. In this sense, functional foods and natural products constitute several compounds. Furthermore, many of them possess bioactive properties, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antitumoral, and numerous supplementary properties. Bioactive compounds are chemical components that have been described as containing vitamins, minerals, fibers, sugars, and phenolic compounds with activities potentially beneficial to health, protecting against inflammatory chronic diseases such as diabetes, as well as cancers, ageing, and other conditions. Therefore, these bioactive molecules can be used as food supplements or additives for many foods to protect and promote health.
Prof. Dr. António José Madeira Nogueira
Dr. Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural products
- bioactive compounds
- water quality
- antioxidants
- anti-inflammatory
- antimicrobial
- anticytotoxic
- cell proliferation and apoptosis
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