Effect of Bioactive Substances Extracted from Food on Human Health
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2021) | Viewed by 5452
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Hippocratic statement “Let food be thy medicine” still sounds outstanding today and people continually find the healthy and therapeutics properties of food more appealing than chemical drugs whose action mechanism is supposed to be unnatural and somehow “artificial”. As to the concept of bioactive substances, we rely on compounds that interact with organs and functions of living beings with a variety of physiologic effects in health and diseases. They can be found in fats, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, and minerals. The new challenge is to supply these bioactive nutrients from the food chain through a process that can optimize bioavailability and utilization in a preventive and curative setting, starting from fresh nutrients.
Lycopene, a potent antioxidant carotenoid in tomatoes and other fruits, for example, is thought to protect against prostate and other cancers, and to inhibit tumor cell growth in animals. It has anti-carcinogenic actions in experimental models, as well as cardio-protective effects.
Food-derived peptides from casein, fish muscle, and plant protein hydrolysates also display several cardiovascular and digestive properties. The bifunctional extracts of cannabis have been extensively studied for their effects against cancer and also cardiovascular disease and this has led to new perspectives of the nervous system, with the discovery of a specific cannabinoid network and also strong antioxidant effects and anti-cancer actions in cannabinoid receptors.
This Special Issue, dedicated to human health and bioactive substances extracted from food, is open to authors that wish to share their experience of this fascinating issue either with technical, experimental, or clinical contributions to expand the science branch and recruit further intellectual and financial resources for the wellbeing and care of humanity.
Prof. Dr. Beniamino Palmieri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Food
- cancer
- cannabis
- lycopene
- wellbeing
- fresh nutrient
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