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Dear colleagues, This Special Issue aims to publish new and innovative research that could demonstrate the therapeutic potential of natural health products, through relevant in vitro and/or in vivo biological activities, to prevent or alleviate degenerative diseases. The interaction of natural health products with human microbiota represents an essential aspect, because it could modulate the microbial pattern and alleviate more of a chronic disease’s effects in the case of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular dysfunctions, neurodegenerative diseases, and inflammatory colon pathologies. Additionally, you are invited to send research based on the effect of different extracts or functional foods used in degenerative pathologies and interactions with human microbiota. We aim to identify new data on in vitro/in vivo research that could demonstrate the bioavailability of natural compounds and the relationship with antioxidant/antimicrobial capacity. Modulated microbiota aspects are expected to be published based on the interaction with natural compounds, natural sweeteners, or other molecules that influence the colon health status.

Technology: general issues --- Biotechnology --- in vitro callus --- cell suspension and root cultures --- biologically active substances --- ecdysteroids --- HPLC --- 1H NMR spectra --- Rhaponticum carthamoides --- Chaga --- medicinal fungi --- biomass yield --- mathematical modeling --- response surface methodology --- bioreactor culture --- mycelium --- antioxidant activity --- gamma irradiation --- Fomes fomentarius --- mushroom --- DPPH --- flavonoids --- polyphenols --- urinary infection --- in vitro --- Escherichia coli --- antimicrobial --- yellow onion skins --- extraction --- multifunctional ingredients --- Ficus carica L. --- ultrasonic enzyme co-assisted --- aqueous two-phase extraction --- UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS --- identification --- lactic acid fermentation --- betalain --- carotenoids --- red pepper --- beetroot --- carrot --- drying --- heat treatment --- seaweeds --- bioactive compounds --- food safety --- consumer health --- Cannabis sativa L. --- cannabinoids --- hemp oil --- UHPLC–PDA --- validation --- Cnidoscolus aconitifolius --- inflammation --- croton oil --- HL-60 --- phenols --- differentiation --- apoptosis --- transcriptome --- natural products --- bacteria --- downstream processing --- antibiotics --- isolation --- secondary metabolites --- pharmacognosy --- bioprospecting --- U. lactuca --- non-toxic solvents --- phenolics --- uropathogenic --- herbal medicines --- plant extract --- bioactive molecules --- n/a --- UHPLC-PDA

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The close relationship between food intake and health promotion is not new; it dates back to Hippocrates’s famous “let food be your medicine and medicine be your food”, which is still as timely as ever. In recent years, some scientific evidence has supported this statement, showing that dietary plant extracts, or bioactive compounds isolated therefrom, are able to prevent or slow down the progression of chronic and degenerative diseases, making them particularly interesting from a nutraceutical point of view. On the other hand, extensive chemical investigations of functional plant extracts’ constituents are needed to rationalize certain bioactivity, in terms of efficacy and safety.

antioxidant effect --- lectins --- nanoliposomes --- purity grade --- quercetin --- trans-aconitic acid --- anthocyanins --- antioxidant activity --- bioactive compounds --- colorants --- fruit juices --- polyphenols --- wild blueberry --- antidiabetic --- cardioprotective --- functional foods --- nutraceuticals --- okra --- phytotherapy --- Jamaican cherry --- fermentation --- Lactobacillus plantarum --- antioxidant --- food nutrition improvement --- okra mucilage --- okra polysaccharides --- biopolymer --- α-amylase activity --- α-glucosidase activity --- antidiabetic activity --- biodegradable --- edible film --- release --- pectin --- sodium caseinate --- oil oxidation --- waste biomass --- coffee --- Coffea arabica --- phenolic --- free-radical scavenging --- iron chelating --- cytotoxic --- plant secondary metabolites --- antiviral activity --- food --- noroviruses --- MNV --- FCV --- yogurt --- betalains --- encapsulation --- lyophilization --- ionizing radiation --- radioprotection --- flavonoids --- plant extracts --- oxidative stress --- zebrafish embryo --- carotenoids --- Trapa bispinosa Roxb. --- polyphenol --- ellagitannin --- gallotannin --- α-glucosidase inhibitor --- advanced glycation end products (AGEs) --- antiglycation effect --- LC/UV/ESIMS analysis --- anti-diabetic --- abscisic acid --- Diabetes mellitus --- molecular docking --- phytohormones --- spray drying --- vegetable powders --- beetroot --- natural colorants --- violet betalain pigments --- bioactivity --- medicinal plants --- wild fruits --- industrial crops --- PCA --- HCA --- phenols --- TEAC --- roasting --- GAE

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Dear colleagues, This Special Issue aims to publish new and innovative research that could demonstrate the therapeutic potential of natural health products, through relevant in vitro and/or in vivo biological activities, to prevent or alleviate degenerative diseases. The interaction of natural health products with human microbiota represents an essential aspect, because it could modulate the microbial pattern and alleviate more of a chronic disease’s effects in the case of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular dysfunctions, neurodegenerative diseases, and inflammatory colon pathologies. Additionally, you are invited to send research based on the effect of different extracts or functional foods used in degenerative pathologies and interactions with human microbiota. We aim to identify new data on in vitro/in vivo research that could demonstrate the bioavailability of natural compounds and the relationship with antioxidant/antimicrobial capacity. Modulated microbiota aspects are expected to be published based on the interaction with natural compounds, natural sweeteners, or other molecules that influence the colon health status.

Technology: general issues --- Biotechnology --- in vitro callus --- cell suspension and root cultures --- biologically active substances --- ecdysteroids --- HPLC --- 1H NMR spectra --- Rhaponticum carthamoides --- Chaga --- medicinal fungi --- biomass yield --- mathematical modeling --- response surface methodology --- bioreactor culture --- mycelium --- antioxidant activity --- gamma irradiation --- Fomes fomentarius --- mushroom --- DPPH --- flavonoids --- polyphenols --- urinary infection --- in vitro --- Escherichia coli --- antimicrobial --- yellow onion skins --- extraction --- multifunctional ingredients --- Ficus carica L. --- ultrasonic enzyme co-assisted --- aqueous two-phase extraction --- UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS --- identification --- lactic acid fermentation --- betalain --- carotenoids --- red pepper --- beetroot --- carrot --- drying --- heat treatment --- seaweeds --- bioactive compounds --- food safety --- consumer health --- Cannabis sativa L. --- cannabinoids --- hemp oil --- UHPLC-PDA --- validation --- Cnidoscolus aconitifolius --- inflammation --- croton oil --- HL-60 --- phenols --- differentiation --- apoptosis --- transcriptome --- natural products --- bacteria --- downstream processing --- antibiotics --- isolation --- secondary metabolites --- pharmacognosy --- bioprospecting --- U. lactuca --- non-toxic solvents --- phenolics --- uropathogenic --- herbal medicines --- plant extract --- bioactive molecules

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Processing and storage can cause changes and interactions in food components that have effects on nutritional value, organoleptic characteristics or even food safety. This book includes 19 research works showing important and interesting advances, as well as new approaches, in this research topic. Four articles are dedicated to studying the effect of canning conditions (filling media and some ingredients) on the diverse parameters of quality for fish and pet foods. Three articles are devoted to studying the effects of dehydration (pre-treatments and drying procedures). One article is dedicated to monitoring the elaboration of a fermented and dehydrated product (sausage) using a portable NIRS device. The ninth article of this book studies the effect of low-dose electron beam irradiation on cooking quality, moisture migration, and thermodynamics, as well as the digestion properties of the isolated starches in newly harvested and dried rice. The next contribution studies the use of different preservatives to avoid the formation of undesirable volatile organic compounds in stracciatella cheese. Another article examines the impact of source material, kibble size, temperature, and duration on the efficiency of the aqueous extraction of sugars and phenolics from carob kibbles by conventional heat-assisted (HAE) and ultrasound-assisted (UAE) methods. In two articles, marinating with different extracts, alone or combined with other seasoning/conditioning methods, was essayed to tenderize beef or to improve the sensory quality of chicken leg and breast meat. The effect of various cooking methods on the quality, structure, pasting, water distribution and protein oxidation of fish and meat-based snacks is studied in the fourteenth article. The last five articles are dedicated to the study of the effects of storage on several foods (olive oil, blueberry, beetroot and Atlantic mackerel).

Research & information: general --- Electron Beam Irradiation --- rice --- moisture --- physicochemical properties --- rabbiteye blueberry --- postharvest storage --- firmness --- aroma compounds --- off-odor --- dry-fermented sausages --- near infrared spectroscopy --- portable device --- PLS-DA --- Scomber colias --- prior chilling --- Fucus spiralis --- packaging medium --- canning --- lipid damage --- colour --- trimethylamine --- quality --- carob kibbles --- carob juice --- aqueous extraction --- sugars --- phenolics --- free amino acids --- biogenic amines --- filling medium --- European eels --- stracciatella cheese --- volatile organic compounds --- sensory characteristics --- natural preservatives --- cheese storage --- pineapple by-products --- hydrostatic pressure --- bromelain --- enzyme activity --- marinade --- meat --- texture --- water status and distribution --- microstructure --- secondary structure of protein --- Atlantic mackerel --- saffron quality --- secondary metabolites --- drying --- high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) --- spectrophotometry --- canned eels --- olive oil --- sunflower oil --- oxidation --- antioxidants --- total phenols --- vitamin E --- fresh wet noodles --- humidity-controlled dehydration --- microorganisms --- shelf-life --- noodle quality --- “Rocha” pear --- ultrasound --- microwave --- quality characteristics --- empirical models --- beetroot --- organic farming --- storage --- bioactive compounds --- betalain --- nitrate --- sugar --- phenolic compounds --- total dry matter --- chicken meat --- sensory evaluation --- superheated steam --- marination --- hot smoking --- storage effect --- extra virgin olive oil --- phenols --- sterols --- tocopherols --- temperature --- argon --- freeze-thaw cycles --- anthocyanins --- gas chromatography-mass spectrometry --- aroma profiles --- hot-air drying --- blueberry --- cooking methods --- fish meat snacks --- LF-NMR --- SEM --- protein oxidation --- expressible moisture --- gel --- gum --- heat penetration --- thermally processed --- wet pet food --- n/a --- "Rocha" pear

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Processing and storage can cause changes and interactions in food components that have effects on nutritional value, organoleptic characteristics or even food safety. This book includes 19 research works showing important and interesting advances, as well as new approaches, in this research topic. Four articles are dedicated to studying the effect of canning conditions (filling media and some ingredients) on the diverse parameters of quality for fish and pet foods. Three articles are devoted to studying the effects of dehydration (pre-treatments and drying procedures). One article is dedicated to monitoring the elaboration of a fermented and dehydrated product (sausage) using a portable NIRS device. The ninth article of this book studies the effect of low-dose electron beam irradiation on cooking quality, moisture migration, and thermodynamics, as well as the digestion properties of the isolated starches in newly harvested and dried rice. The next contribution studies the use of different preservatives to avoid the formation of undesirable volatile organic compounds in stracciatella cheese. Another article examines the impact of source material, kibble size, temperature, and duration on the efficiency of the aqueous extraction of sugars and phenolics from carob kibbles by conventional heat-assisted (HAE) and ultrasound-assisted (UAE) methods. In two articles, marinating with different extracts, alone or combined with other seasoning/conditioning methods, was essayed to tenderize beef or to improve the sensory quality of chicken leg and breast meat. The effect of various cooking methods on the quality, structure, pasting, water distribution and protein oxidation of fish and meat-based snacks is studied in the fourteenth article. The last five articles are dedicated to the study of the effects of storage on several foods (olive oil, blueberry, beetroot and Atlantic mackerel).

Research & information: general --- Electron Beam Irradiation --- rice --- moisture --- physicochemical properties --- rabbiteye blueberry --- postharvest storage --- firmness --- aroma compounds --- off-odor --- dry-fermented sausages --- near infrared spectroscopy --- portable device --- PLS-DA --- Scomber colias --- prior chilling --- Fucus spiralis --- packaging medium --- canning --- lipid damage --- colour --- trimethylamine --- quality --- carob kibbles --- carob juice --- aqueous extraction --- sugars --- phenolics --- free amino acids --- biogenic amines --- filling medium --- European eels --- stracciatella cheese --- volatile organic compounds --- sensory characteristics --- natural preservatives --- cheese storage --- pineapple by-products --- hydrostatic pressure --- bromelain --- enzyme activity --- marinade --- meat --- texture --- water status and distribution --- microstructure --- secondary structure of protein --- Atlantic mackerel --- saffron quality --- secondary metabolites --- drying --- high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) --- spectrophotometry --- canned eels --- olive oil --- sunflower oil --- oxidation --- antioxidants --- total phenols --- vitamin E --- fresh wet noodles --- humidity-controlled dehydration --- microorganisms --- shelf-life --- noodle quality --- "Rocha" pear --- ultrasound --- microwave --- quality characteristics --- empirical models --- beetroot --- organic farming --- storage --- bioactive compounds --- betalain --- nitrate --- sugar --- phenolic compounds --- total dry matter --- chicken meat --- sensory evaluation --- superheated steam --- marination --- hot smoking --- storage effect --- extra virgin olive oil --- phenols --- sterols --- tocopherols --- temperature --- argon --- freeze-thaw cycles --- anthocyanins --- gas chromatography-mass spectrometry --- aroma profiles --- hot-air drying --- blueberry --- cooking methods --- fish meat snacks --- LF-NMR --- SEM --- protein oxidation --- expressible moisture --- gel --- gum --- heat penetration --- thermally processed --- wet pet food