Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human Health
Functional foods are classified as traditional or staple foods that provide an essential nutritional level and share potentially positive effects on host health, including the reduction of disease by optimizing the immune system’s ability to prevent and control infections by pathogens, as well as pa...
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| author | Morayma Ramírez Damián Naima G. Cortes-Perez Erika T. Quintana Alicia Ortiz-Moreno Cynthia Garfias Noguez Carlos Eugenio Cruceño-Casarrubias María Elena Sánchez Pardo Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán |
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| description | Functional foods are classified as traditional or staple foods that provide an essential nutritional level and share potentially positive effects on host health, including the reduction of disease by optimizing the immune system’s ability to prevent and control infections by pathogens, as well as pathologies that cause functional alterations in the host. This chapter reviews the most recent research and advances in this area and discusses some perspectives on what the future holds in this area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e79f7cf6d8b74910b589abc8482812a32023-11-23T12:17:19ZengMDPI AGMicroorganisms2076-26072022-05-01105106510.3390/microorganisms10051065Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human HealthMorayma Ramírez Damián0Naima G. Cortes-Perez1Erika T. Quintana2Alicia Ortiz-Moreno3Cynthia Garfias Noguez4Carlos Eugenio Cruceño-Casarrubias5María Elena Sánchez Pardo6Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán7Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas—Campus Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, Av. Wilfrido Massieu 399, Colonia Nueva Industrial Vallejo, C.P., Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, MexicoINRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, UMR 0496, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, FranceInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas—Campus Santo Tómas, Unidad Profesional Lázaro Cárdenas, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, Colonia Santo Tómas C.P., Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City 11340, MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas—Campus Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, Av. Wilfrido Massieu 399, Colonia Nueva Industrial Vallejo, C.P., Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas—Campus Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, Av. Wilfrido Massieu 399, Colonia Nueva Industrial Vallejo, C.P., Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas—Campus Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, Av. Wilfrido Massieu 399, Colonia Nueva Industrial Vallejo, C.P., Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, MexicoInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas—Campus Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, Av. Wilfrido Massieu 399, Colonia Nueva Industrial Vallejo, C.P., Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, MexicoINRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, FranceFunctional foods are classified as traditional or staple foods that provide an essential nutritional level and share potentially positive effects on host health, including the reduction of disease by optimizing the immune system’s ability to prevent and control infections by pathogens, as well as pathologies that cause functional alterations in the host. This chapter reviews the most recent research and advances in this area and discusses some perspectives on what the future holds in this area.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/5/1065functional foodsprobioticsnutraceuticalslactic acid bacteriamicrobiota |
| spellingShingle | Morayma Ramírez Damián Naima G. Cortes-Perez Erika T. Quintana Alicia Ortiz-Moreno Cynthia Garfias Noguez Carlos Eugenio Cruceño-Casarrubias María Elena Sánchez Pardo Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human Health Microorganisms functional foods probiotics nutraceuticals lactic acid bacteria microbiota |
| title | Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human Health |
| title_full | Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human Health |
| title_fullStr | Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human Health |
| title_short | Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Probiotics: A Focus on Human Health |
| title_sort | functional foods nutraceuticals and probiotics a focus on human health |
| topic | functional foods probiotics nutraceuticals lactic acid bacteria microbiota |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/5/1065 |
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