Chlorophylls and carotenoids are natural pigments that are present in our daily diet,
especially with the increasing tendency towards more natural and healthy behaviors among …

Background and aims Epidemiological evidence suggests an association between
consumption of tomato products or lycopene and lower risk for cardiovascular diseases …

Genomic instability can initiate cancer, augment progression, and influence the overall
prognosis of the affected patient. Genomic instability arises from many different pathways …

Several epidemiologic studies have shown that diets rich in fruits and vegetables reduce the
risk of developing several chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and …

Currently, an increase in the awareness of a healthy lifestyle has been observed in society.
People are seeking added health benefits from their dietary intake. Thus, functional foods …

Carotenoids include C30, C40 and C50 terpenoid-based molecules, many of which
constitute coloured pigments. However,> 1100 of these are known to occur in nature and …

This chapter highlights the potential health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption on
several diseases, as well as the nutritional and health importance of some fruits and …

Presently, functional foods and nutraceuticals are gaining immense importance in the
prevention of various maladies through dietary regimen module. Consumption of fruits and …

The recent search for new anti-cancer drugs focuses more on natural compounds from the
regular human diet because these compounds rarely exhibit severe side-effects yet …

Metabolic engineering allows for the rewiring of basic metabolism to overproduce both
native and non-native metabolites. Among these biomolecules, nutraceuticals have received …