ǂThe ǂRole of functional foods, nutraceuticals, and food supplements in intestinal health

Avrelija Cencič (Avtor), Walter Chingwaru (Avtor)

Povzetek

New eating habits, actual trends in production and consumption have a healyh, environmental and social impact. The EU is fighting diseases characteristics of a modern age, such as obesity, osteoporosis, cancer, diabetes, allergies and dental problems. Developed countries are also faced with problems relatingto aging populations, high energy foods, and unbalanced diets. The potential of nutraceuticals/functional foods/food supplements in mitigating health problems, especially in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, is discused. Certain members of gut microflora (e.g., probiotic/protective strains) play a role in the host health due to its involvment in nutritional, immunologic and physiologic functions. The potential mechanisms by which nutraceuticals/functional foods/food supplements may alter a host's health arealso highlighted in this paper. The establishment of novel functional call models of the GI and analytical tools that allow tests in controlled experiments are highly desired for gut research.

Ključne besede

nutraceutical;functional food;food supplement;intestinal helath;probiotic;intestinal cell models;gut research;

Podatki

Jezik:	Angleški jezik
Leto izida:	2010
Tipologija:	1.02 - Pregledni znanstveni članek
Organizacija:	UM FKBV - Fakulteta za kmetijstvo in biosistemske vede
UDK:	577
COBISS:	2948396
ISSN:	2072-6643
Št. ogledov:	1119
Št. prenosov:	333
Ocena:	0 (0 glasov)
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Ostali podatki

Sekundarni jezik:	Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede:	farmacevtski dodatki prehrani;funkcionalna živila;prehranska dopolnila;zdravje črevesja;probiotiki;celični model;črevesje;raziskave črevesja;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Vrsta dela (COBISS):	Znanstveno delo
Strani:	str. 611-625
Letnik:	ǂIssue ǂ6
Zvezek:	ǂVol. ǂ2
Čas izdaje:	2010
DOI:	10.3390/nu2060611
ID:	10844037