Apoptosis and metastasis inhibitory potential of pineapple vinegar against mouse mammary gland cells in vitro and in vivo by Nurul Elyani Mohamad, Nadiah Abu, Swee, Keong Yeap, Kian, Lam Lim, Muhammad Firdaus Romli, Shaiful Adzni Sharifuddin, Kamariah Long, Noorjahan Banu Alitheen

“…Background: Plant-based food medicine and functional foods have been consumed extensively due to their bioactive substances and health-beneficial effects. …”
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Evaluation of aqueous- pigmented rice extracts as bases for antioxidant drinks by Handayani, Adyati Putriekasari

“…Pigmented rice, which consists of black rice and red rice, are categorized as functional foods due to their antioxidant content, mainly contributed by anthocyanins for black rice and proanthocyanidins for red rice. …”
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Saccharum officinarum L. by-products (pith and rind) as potential source of prebiotic in vitro by Abdul Ghani Zidan, Dina

“…In conclusion, sugarcane by-products are potential ingredients for development of functional foods.…”
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Effects of Malaysian Cocoa Powder Consumption on Biochemical Parameters Status of Healthy Subjects at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang by Muhammad Alinafiah, Suryati

“…Malaysian CB may possibly use as functional foods to help in preventing the promotion of oxidative stress linked diseases.…”
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Ergogenic and metabolites analyses of piyarom date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) using NMR-based metabolomics and its effect on Sprague dawley rats by Shanan, Hana Kadum

“…Date fruit can thus be used as an ingredient in the development of functional foods (drinks or snacks) with ergogenic property. …”
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Assessment of lactic acid bacteria isolated from fermented Bambangan as probiotic and the adhesion properties of the selected strains by Ng, Seah Young

“…Probiotics are continuously gaining attention in the food industry for the development of functional foods due to their ability to confer several health benefits to the hosts. …”
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Enzymatic production of multifunctional bioactive peptides from sea cucumber (Actinopyga lecanora Jaeger) by Ghanbari, Raheleh

“…Results showed that A. lecanora could be used as an economical protein source to generate invaluable multifunctional proteolysate and bioactive peptides which could be exploited in the formulation of various functional foods or used as a source of nutraceuticals.…”
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Effects of Young Corn Ear Addition on Nutritional Composition and Acceptability of Malaysian Star Cake (Baulu Cermai)(Kesan Penambahan Jagung Muda Terhadap Komposisi Pemakanan dan... by Wan Rosli, W. I., Chow, Yuh Nien

“…Sufficient intakes of functional foods containing significant amount of dietary fibre in daily diet are beneficial to human health especially in preventing the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). …”
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Effects of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var lanatus] leaf extracts on biological and histological paramaeters in type 2 diabetes rat model by Jibril, Muhammad Mustapha

“…Therefore, watermelon leaf could serve as a potential raw material for functional foods and nutraceuticals ingredients for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.…”
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Development of dried rice noodles fortified with β- carotene from differently processed carrots (Daucus carota L.) by Ismail, Hamidah

“…The trend towards consuming foods fortified with fruits and vegetables is escalating due to the increasing consumer awareness on functional foods which include fortified rice noodles. …”
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Characterization of water soluble polysaccharides from bamboo shoot (Gigantochloa levis blanco merr) and their prebiotic potential by Muhammad Nurul Azmi, Aida Firdaus

“…Increasing demands in functional foods like prebiotics have driven many researches to isolate these functional ingredients from natural sources. …”
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Development of antioxidant-rich purple sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)-based extruded breakfast cereal by Senevirathna, Sri Sampath Janaka

“…The increasing demand of consumers toward functional foods triggers the development of ready to eat breakfast cereals rich in antioxidant. …”
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Nutritional composition and antioxidant properties of spray pitaya powder (Hylocereus polyrhizus [Weber] Briton & Rose) and its supplementation effects on selected biomarkers in no... by Shafie, Siti Raihanah

“…In conclusion, spray dried pitaya fruit powder gave scientific merits in the area of functional foods for the emerging health food industry in Malaysia. …”
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