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Food cannot be only considered a combination of constituents with different nutritional values, but its relevance for humans can be fully understood by also taking into account other aspects such as history, culture, ecology, and the environment. Overall, assuming that access to food is secured for all people, traditional dietary patterns are considered safe in terms of longevity, healthy ageing, and morbidity. Indeed, healthy diets have been associated with a reduced risk and incidence of chronic degenerative diseases including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, certain types of cancers, and neurodegenerative disorders. In general, healthy dietary habits include a low consumption of refined sugars, red meat, and saturated fats, as well as a high intake of fruit, vegetables, legumes, low-fat dairy products, and healthy lipids (from seafood). As an example, the Mediterranean diet can be considered the archetype of a health-promoting lifestyle by virtue of the phytochemical diversity of its food components.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Food & society --- Verbenaceae --- isoprenoids --- β-caryophyllene --- flavonoids --- anthocyanins --- antiradical capacity --- DPPH --- maqui --- murta --- calafate --- arrayán --- Chilean strawberry --- berries --- functional foods --- Mangifera indica --- mango --- UPLC --- ESI-MS --- polyphenols --- xanthonoids --- gallotannins --- hydroxybenzophenones --- mass spectrometry --- antioxidant --- antitumoral --- corn silk --- cumin --- tamarind --- aqueous extracts --- form --- postprandial glycemia --- postprandial insulinemia --- advanced glycation end products --- anti-glycation --- glycative stress --- glyoxalase --- methylglyoxal --- cytokine --- nutrients --- food composition --- African --- Caribbean --- macronutrients --- energy --- vitamins and minerals --- wild Italian Prunus spinosa L. fruit --- blackthorn --- phenolic compounds --- antimicrobial --- ceramides --- lipids --- functional food --- nutraceuticals --- traditional food --- Mediterranean diet --- Nordic diet --- overweight --- obesity --- cardiovascular disease --- bioactive phytochemicals

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Food cannot be only considered a combination of constituents with different nutritional values, but its relevance for humans can be fully understood by also taking into account other aspects such as history, culture, ecology, and the environment. Overall, assuming that access to food is secured for all people, traditional dietary patterns are considered safe in terms of longevity, healthy ageing, and morbidity. Indeed, healthy diets have been associated with a reduced risk and incidence of chronic degenerative diseases including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, certain types of cancers, and neurodegenerative disorders. In general, healthy dietary habits include a low consumption of refined sugars, red meat, and saturated fats, as well as a high intake of fruit, vegetables, legumes, low-fat dairy products, and healthy lipids (from seafood). As an example, the Mediterranean diet can be considered the archetype of a health-promoting lifestyle by virtue of the phytochemical diversity of its food components.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Food & society --- Verbenaceae --- isoprenoids --- β-caryophyllene --- flavonoids --- anthocyanins --- antiradical capacity --- DPPH --- maqui --- murta --- calafate --- arrayán --- Chilean strawberry --- berries --- functional foods --- Mangifera indica --- mango --- UPLC --- ESI-MS --- polyphenols --- xanthonoids --- gallotannins --- hydroxybenzophenones --- mass spectrometry --- antioxidant --- antitumoral --- corn silk --- cumin --- tamarind --- aqueous extracts --- form --- postprandial glycemia --- postprandial insulinemia --- advanced glycation end products --- anti-glycation --- glycative stress --- glyoxalase --- methylglyoxal --- cytokine --- nutrients --- food composition --- African --- Caribbean --- macronutrients --- energy --- vitamins and minerals --- wild Italian Prunus spinosa L. fruit --- blackthorn --- phenolic compounds --- antimicrobial --- ceramides --- lipids --- functional food --- nutraceuticals --- traditional food --- Mediterranean diet --- Nordic diet --- overweight --- obesity --- cardiovascular disease --- bioactive phytochemicals --- Verbenaceae --- isoprenoids --- β-caryophyllene --- flavonoids --- anthocyanins --- antiradical capacity --- DPPH --- maqui --- murta --- calafate --- arrayán --- Chilean strawberry --- berries --- functional foods --- Mangifera indica --- mango --- UPLC --- ESI-MS --- polyphenols --- xanthonoids --- gallotannins --- hydroxybenzophenones --- mass spectrometry --- antioxidant --- antitumoral --- corn silk --- cumin --- tamarind --- aqueous extracts --- form --- postprandial glycemia --- postprandial insulinemia --- advanced glycation end products --- anti-glycation --- glycative stress --- glyoxalase --- methylglyoxal --- cytokine --- nutrients --- food composition --- African --- Caribbean --- macronutrients --- energy --- vitamins and minerals --- wild Italian Prunus spinosa L. fruit --- blackthorn --- phenolic compounds --- antimicrobial --- ceramides --- lipids --- functional food --- nutraceuticals --- traditional food --- Mediterranean diet --- Nordic diet --- overweight --- obesity --- cardiovascular disease --- bioactive phytochemicals

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Natural products remain important repositories of promising therapeutic candidates due to their rich chemical and biological diversity. The Special Issue on "Bio-functional Natural Products in Edible Resources for Human Health and Beauty" is intended to offer biological active natural products from edible resources as candidates and/or leads for pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, functional foods, cosmetics, and food additives, etc. The research fields of this Special Issue include natural products chemistry, phytochemistry, pharmacognosy, food chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, chemical biology, molecular biology, molecular pharmacology, and other related research fields of bioactive natural products obtained from the edible resources. This eBook contains 12 Reviews and Articles focusing on these research areas. I hope that this eBook will be of benefit to outstanding professionals in these research areas.

Medicine --- Pharmacology --- sweet potato --- anthocyanin compositions --- biosynthesis structural genes --- transcription factor --- Vaccinium vitis-idaea --- lingonberry --- sugars --- cultivated berries --- wild berries --- HPLC-ELSD --- banana inflorescences --- anti-inflammatory activity --- antiparasitic activity --- UPLC-ESI-MS --- arylpropanoid sucroses --- Lavandula stoechas essential oil --- topical anti-inflammatory effect --- anticancer activity --- melanoma cell lines --- 1,8-Cineole --- fallopian tube --- phytoestrogen --- ciliated cell --- secretory cell --- Notch --- sea buckthorn --- phenolic compounds --- triterpenic compounds --- carotenoids --- chlorophyll --- freeze-drying --- leaf powder ingredients --- leukemia --- leukemic stem cell --- FLT-3 --- chemotherapeutic drug --- curcumin --- co-treatment --- tomato seed --- lycoperoside --- steroidal saponin --- ceramide --- transepidermal water loss --- anti-inflammation --- anemia --- cognition --- elder --- hemoglobin --- iron --- Oryza sativa --- rice --- medicine food homology --- functional food herbs --- type 2 diabetes mellitus --- gut microbiota --- aging of the human body --- medicinal plants --- antioxidant --- anti-inflammatory --- anti-glycation --- anti-neurodegenerative properties --- sesame oil aroma --- 2,5-dimethylpyrazine --- 2-methoxy phenol --- water-immersion stress --- antianxiety --- elevated plus-maze test --- dual specificity phosphatase 1 --- sweet potato --- anthocyanin compositions --- biosynthesis structural genes --- transcription factor --- Vaccinium vitis-idaea --- lingonberry --- sugars --- cultivated berries --- wild berries --- HPLC-ELSD --- banana inflorescences --- anti-inflammatory activity --- antiparasitic activity --- UPLC-ESI-MS --- arylpropanoid sucroses --- Lavandula stoechas essential oil --- topical anti-inflammatory effect --- anticancer activity --- melanoma cell lines --- 1,8-Cineole --- fallopian tube --- phytoestrogen --- ciliated cell --- secretory cell --- Notch --- sea buckthorn --- phenolic compounds --- triterpenic compounds --- carotenoids --- chlorophyll --- freeze-drying --- leaf powder ingredients --- leukemia --- leukemic stem cell --- FLT-3 --- chemotherapeutic drug --- curcumin --- co-treatment --- tomato seed --- lycoperoside --- steroidal saponin --- ceramide --- transepidermal water loss --- anti-inflammation --- anemia --- cognition --- elder --- hemoglobin --- iron --- Oryza sativa --- rice --- medicine food homology --- functional food herbs --- type 2 diabetes mellitus --- gut microbiota --- aging of the human body --- medicinal plants --- antioxidant --- anti-inflammatory --- anti-glycation --- anti-neurodegenerative properties --- sesame oil aroma --- 2,5-dimethylpyrazine --- 2-methoxy phenol --- water-immersion stress --- antianxiety --- elevated plus-maze test --- dual specificity phosphatase 1