Health-Promoting Components of Fruits and Vegetables in Human Health - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3038426288 ISBN 13: 9783038426288

Publisher: Mdpi AG, 2018

Synopsis

Diet and lifestyle choices can substantially predispose an individual to, or protect against, many age- and obesity-related chronic diseases. According to the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, dietary bioactives arecompounds in foodsnot needed for basic human nutrition but responsible for changes in health status.1 These compounds are safe at normal food consumption levels (e.g., anthocyanins in berries) and their biological activities may come from a single compound (e.g., lutein in spinach) or a class of compounds (e.g., avenanthramides in oats) even if the exact identity and composition are unknown. Bioactive compounds of plants; can vary significantly in their ratios and relative concentrations depending onfactors such as cultivation, soil, altitude, and weather conditions. Substantial scientific evidence is available for some health promoting phytochemicals, such as dose-response relations, for performance and/or reduction in the risk of chronic disease. However, several limitations relating to absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of many dietary bioactives still exist and must be better understood This Special Issue compiles recent discoveries that advance our understanding of how dietary bioactive, particularly from fruits and vegetables, influence long-term health maintenance and disease prevention.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mdpi AG
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038426288
• ISBN 13: 9783038426288
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Giusti M Monica, Wallace Taylor C