Nutraceuticals are essential food constituents that provide nutritional benefits as well as
medicinal effects. The benefits of these foods are due to the presence of active compounds …

Nutraceuticals play wide range of important roles, from health promotion, increasing life
expectancy, maintaining body cell integrity, to reducing the risks of many diseases. As …

Nutraceuticals are dietary supplements, utilized to ameliorate health, delay senescence,
prevent diseases, and support the proper functioning of the human body. Currently …

Introduction: Nutraceuticals, up today, do not have a specific definition distinct from those of
other food-derived categories, eg food supplements, herbal products, pre and probiotics …

Bioactive food ingredients are non-essential substances found in foods that can modulate
one or more metabolic processes, resulting in enhanced health. Functional diets have …

The aim of this special issue on “Bioactive Compounds of Food: Their Role in the Prevention
and Treatment of Diseases” is to provide a representation of the new trends of bioactive …

Experimental studies have provided convincing evidence that food bioactive compounds
(FBCs) have a positive biological impact on human health, exerting protective effects against …

Phytochemicals as Bioactive Agents focuses on the mechanisms of action of phytochemicals
identified as displaying bioactivity in the prevention of cancer, heart disease and other …

Plant foods are consumed worldwide due to their immense energy density and nutritive
value. Their consumption has been following an increasing trend due to several metabolic …

“Let food be the medicine”(Hippocrates) is a historic quote that became the basis of food
science and nutraceuticals. Due to their possible therapeutic advantages, extracts from food …