Beneficial Effects of Spices in Food Preservation and Safety
Spices have been used since ancient times. Although they have been employed mainly as flavouring and colouring agents, their role in food safety and preservation have also been studied in vitro and in vivo. Spices have exhibited numerous health benefits in preventing and treating a wide variety of d...
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| author | Davide Gottardi Danka Bukvicki Sahdeo Prasad Amit Kumar Tyagi |
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| description | Spices have been used since ancient times. Although they have been employed mainly as flavouring and colouring agents, their role in food safety and preservation have also been studied in vitro and in vivo. Spices have exhibited numerous health benefits in preventing and treating a wide variety of diseases such as cancer, aging, metabolic, neurological, cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases. The present review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the most relevant and recent findings on spices and their active compounds in terms of targets and mode of action; in particular, their potential use in food preservation and enhancement of shelf life as a natural bioingredient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e723af33b09442ea7db30f28bc2f5822022-12-22T02:48:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2016-09-01710.3389/fmicb.2016.01394186557Beneficial Effects of Spices in Food Preservation and SafetyDavide Gottardi0Danka Bukvicki1Sahdeo Prasad2Amit Kumar Tyagi3Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, ItalyAlma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, ItalyThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterSpices have been used since ancient times. Although they have been employed mainly as flavouring and colouring agents, their role in food safety and preservation have also been studied in vitro and in vivo. Spices have exhibited numerous health benefits in preventing and treating a wide variety of diseases such as cancer, aging, metabolic, neurological, cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases. The present review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the most relevant and recent findings on spices and their active compounds in terms of targets and mode of action; in particular, their potential use in food preservation and enhancement of shelf life as a natural bioingredient.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01394/fullFood PreservationSpicesantimicrobialInflammatory diseasesdisease prevention |
| spellingShingle | Davide Gottardi Danka Bukvicki Sahdeo Prasad Amit Kumar Tyagi Beneficial Effects of Spices in Food Preservation and Safety Frontiers in Microbiology Food Preservation Spices antimicrobial Inflammatory diseases disease prevention |
| title | Beneficial Effects of Spices in Food Preservation and Safety |
| title_full | Beneficial Effects of Spices in Food Preservation and Safety |
| title_fullStr | Beneficial Effects of Spices in Food Preservation and Safety |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beneficial Effects of Spices in Food Preservation and Safety |
| title_short | Beneficial Effects of Spices in Food Preservation and Safety |
| title_sort | beneficial effects of spices in food preservation and safety |
| topic | Food Preservation Spices antimicrobial Inflammatory diseases disease prevention |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01394/full |
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