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- Title
Nutraceuticals: Transformation of Conventional Foods into Health Promoters/Disease Preventers and Safety Considerations.
- Authors
AlAli, Mudhi; Alqubaisy, Maream; Aljaafari, Mariam Nasser; AlAli, Asma Obaid; Baqais, Laila; Molouki, Aidin; Abushelaibi, Aisha; Lai, Kok-Song; Lim, Swee-Hua Erin; Tesoriere, Luisa; Pak, Sokcheon
- Abstract
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 such as carotenoids, collagen hydrolysate, and dietary fibers. Nutraceuticals have been found to positively affect cardiovascular and immune system health and have a role in infection and cancer prevention. Nutraceuticals can be categorized into different classes based on their nature and mode of action. In this review, different classifications of nutraceuticals and their potential therapeutic activity, such as anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-lipid activity in disease will be reviewed. Moreover, the different mechanisms of action of these products, applications, and safety upon consumers including current trends and future prospect of nutraceuticals will be included.
- Subjects
INFECTION prevention; CARDIOVASCULAR system; CANCER prevention
- Publication
Molecules, 2021, Vol 26, Issue 9, p2540
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3390/molecules26092540