The development and recycling of biomass production can partly solve issues of energy,
climate change, population growth, food and feed shortages, and environmental pollution …

Chronic diseases (eg, heart disease, cancer, diabetes) are of major public concern. Such
chronic diseases are often caused by a dietary pattern characterized as relatively high in fat …

Currently, ginger is one the most consumed plants when dealing with the treatments of
various illnesses. So far, it is known that various biologically active molecules, such as …

Adequate intake of live probiotics can provide benefits to human health and wellbeing.
However, free probiotics tend to lose their viability during the production, storage, and …

Bioactive compounds, including terpenoids, polyphenols, alkaloids and other nitrogen-
containing constituents, exert various beneficial effects arising from their antioxidant and anti …

Seaweeds have been used since ancient times as food, mainly by Asian countries, while in
Western countries, their main application has been as gelling agents and colloids for the …

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 …

Functional foods show non-toxic bioactive compounds that offer health benefits beyond their
nutritional value and beneficially modulate one or more target functions in the body. In …

Background Seafood processing activity causes production of considerable amount of
waste/by-products and discards, resulting in negative economic and environmental impacts …

Background A growing awareness regarding the benefits of consumption of functional foods
has resulted in the development of new food products through using bioactive compounds …