Nutraceutical, Nutrition Supplements and Human Health

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: 16S rDNA; abdominal fat area; age-related diseases; AKBA; antioxidant; antiproliferative; apoptosis; arsenic; atherosclerosis; aurora kinase A; Autism spectrum disorder; bacteriocin; Bifidobacterium breve B-3; Bifidobacterium breve M-16V; bioavailability; Biology, life sciences; black mulberry; blood glucose; BMI; body fat mass; Boswellia; boswellic acid; breast cancer; cachexia; Caco2 cells; cancer; carbohydrates; Carica papaya; catechins; chorioallantoic membrane assay; clinical efficacy; coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10); Cultural and media studies; Cultural studies; curcumin; cytokine; cytokines; diet supplement; Dietary Supplement Label Database; dietary supplements; feces; fenugreek; food classification; food composition; food description; FoodEx2; formulated curcumin; frankincense; functional food; GBS; graviola; green tea extract; gut microbiota; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatotoxicity; herbal dietary supplements; infant health; inflammation; intestinal absorption; JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society; Lactobacillus salivarius; LDL-r-KO mice; lupeolic acid; Mathematics and Science; metabolic syndrome; metabolomics; microbiome; mitochondria; Morus nigra L; muscle mass; muscle wasting; myoblasts; n/a; natural products; neuroprotection; nutraceutical; obesity; otitis; pathological calcification; pediatric; pentacyclic triterpenic acid; pharmacokinetics; pharmacological properties; physician communication; plasma; Platycodon grandiflorus root; plum; pregnancy; prevention; probiotic; probiotics; protein hydrolysate; protein synthesis; proteins; quelites; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; skeletal muscles; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Streptococcus agalactiae; supplementation; triterpenoid; vitamin K; vitamin K-dependent proteins; weight loss; wild rice
• ISBN: 9783039365562; 9783039365555; 3039365568; 303936555X
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03936-556-2

This Special Issue of Nutrients on "Nutraceutical, Nutrition Supplements, and Human Health" provides readers with contemporary knowledge on the role of functional foods, dietary supplements, and nutraceuticals in improving overall health and preventing chronic diseases. Various renowned international scientists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals have contributed to this compendium of excellent laboratory and clinical studies. The manuscripts provide evidence-based knowledge of nutritional compounds/functional food to improve many health conditions, including metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, muscle metabolism, obesity, neurological disorders, infectious diseases, aging, and cancer. All contributions were thoroughly peer-reviewed by a distinguished panel of scientists, and only highly ranked manuscripts were included to ensure the quality of contents. This book is an excellent resource for academic personnel and students in nutrition research, dietitians, physicians, and consumers.