Melanin: A promising source of functional food ingredient

Melanin: A promising source of functional food ingredient

Melanin as a natural pigment widely exists in animals, plants, fungi and bacteria. In vivo and in vitro tests have proven that melanin has a variety of health-promoting effects, such as antioxidant and immunomodulatory activities, hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect, liver and gastrointestinal tra...

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Main Authors: Xinting Yang, Chaohua Tang, Qingyu Zhao, Yaxiong Jia, Yuchang Qin, Junmin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Melanin
Functional food ingredient
Health benefits
Extraction technology
Source and classification
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464623001743

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