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The e-book and Special Issue “Improving the Sensory, Nutritional and Physicochemical Quality of Fresh Meat” is composed of six original papers about recent advances in the area of Meat Science about the effect of production system in lamb meat quality, the effect of animal feed supplements in cattle meat, treatment of cattle carcasses to improve tenderness, and the characterization of volatile compounds associated with sensory attributes. Moreover, studies regarding the developments in the processing of meat are also included in this publication.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- stevioside --- organic selenium --- Hanwoo cattle --- fatty acid profile --- oxidative status --- sensory attributes --- polyamide-alginate film --- nanoparticle --- nisin --- ε-polylysine --- frankfurter --- plant extract --- active packaging --- beef --- electrical stimulation --- glycolytic potential --- quality --- temperature decline --- beef patties --- corn starch --- Osan --- tenderness --- cooking loss --- back fat --- boar taint --- entire male pig --- GC-MS --- lipid oxidation --- meat quality --- pork meat --- SPME --- VOC --- Bordaleira-de-Entre-Douro-e-Minho --- rearing system --- pasture --- concentrate --- volatile compounds --- n/a

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The marine environment is considered one of the most important sources of natural bioactive compounds with extremely rich biodiversity. Marine glycans are remarkable molecules, playing a determinant role in biological processes. Marine сarbohydrate-containing substances have drawn increasing attention in the field of biomedicine for their various biological activities, such as antitumor, antivirus, hypoglycemic, immunomodulatory, and anticoagulant. These compounds obtained from marine sources, such as algae, microbes, and animals, are usually biodegradable and biocompatible, and exhibit biological properties that contribute to the discovery of a wide range of new bioactive substances with special pharmacological properties of interest to medicine. Carbohydrate-based compounds include glycans, glycoproteins, proteoglycans, glycolipids, and low-molecular and complex glycosides of differential origin. Many of the polysaccharides allow for loading lower drug dosages, which may lead to a drastic reduction of the side effects caused by the drugs. In addition, the structure of polysaccharides can be relatively easily modified in order to synthesize derivatives with desirable characteristics for drug delivery. Complexes on the basis of carbohydrates are often prepared to improve their functional properties. In this Special Issue, we seek to contribute to the discussion of various aspects of marine carbohydrate-containing compounds and provide a unique platform for a new concept for their use in medicine in order to continue to facilitate further research in this area.

Medicine --- chitosan-gentamicin conjugate --- antimicrobial --- anti-inflammatory --- scald repair --- sulfated polysaccharides --- galactans --- green seaweed --- NMR --- immunostimulation --- inflammatory mediators --- carrageenan --- lipopolysaccharide --- macromolecular structure --- nonspecific resistance to lipopolysaccharide --- cytokines --- enteric infections --- salmonellosis --- glyceroglycolipid metabolism --- phosphate starvation --- transcriptome --- glyceroglycolipid homeostasis --- chitosan --- polyelectrolyte complex --- cytokine --- nitric oxide --- anti-inflammatory activity --- Ulva pertusa --- polysaccharides --- colitis --- antioxidant --- exopolysaccharide --- structure --- Vibrio alginolyticus --- Epidermist --- chitosan oligosaccharides --- inflammation cytokines --- intestine --- oxidative status --- oxidative stress --- Porphyridium marinum --- high pressure homogenizer --- antibacterial activity --- anti-biofilm activity --- anti-cancer activity --- alginate lyase --- cold-adapted --- exo/endo-type --- Alteromonas portus --- oligosaccharide --- antioxidant activity --- exopolysaccharides --- scandium --- theranostic --- cancer cell lines --- proliferation --- laminarin --- fucoidan --- gastrointestinal tract --- microbiome --- swine --- post-weaning --- antibiotic alternatives --- n/a

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Nutraceuticals are a challenge for the future of prevention and therapy in healthcare. The possibility to prevent and/or support pharmacological therapy, which is nowadays mainly based on pharmaceuticals, can be a powerful tool to face pathological, chronic, long-term diseases in subjects who do not qualify for a pharmacological therapy. Nutraceuticals are obtained from vegetal or animal origin foods, and prospective research on these products will clarify their role, safety and efficacy by substantiating their role with clinical data. An effort to clarify their mechanism of action will open a door to the next generation of therapeutic agents that do not propose themselves as an alternative to drugs, but, instead, can be helpful to complement a pharmacological therapy, and to prevent the onset of chronical diseases. The market as well as the interest of people in naturally-derived remedies and less synthetic pharmaceuticals is growing, and the attention of the collective public imagination is nowadays more strongly focused on these food-derived products. This Special Issue is dedicated to the role of and perspectives on nutraceuticals in human health, examined from different angles ranging from analytical aspects to clinical trials, and from efficacy studies to beneficial effects on health conditions.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Food & society --- bioactive polysaccharides --- extraction --- biomedical applications --- fenugreek seed --- garlic --- linseed --- copper sulfate --- yolk --- cholesterol --- carotenoid --- flavonoids --- oxidative status --- polyphenols --- yolk color --- apigenin --- luteolin --- degradation --- ferrous ions --- cupric ions --- cervical cancer cells --- growth inhibition --- apoptosis --- egg quality --- Haugh unit --- spirulina --- antioxidant capacity --- fulvic acids --- functional beverage --- iron --- mineral --- Allium sativum --- β-carboline alkaloids --- anti-adipogenic effects --- 3T3-L1 preadipocytes --- Ac-α-tubulin --- grape --- grape seeds --- FTIR spectroscopy --- chemometrics --- fatty acids --- phenolic compounds --- biorefinery --- nutraceuticals --- Prunus serotine --- defatted flour --- soluble protein --- protein concentrate --- emulsifying properties --- emulsion stability --- ginger water --- obesity --- energy homeostasis --- gene expression --- rat --- anti-inflammatory --- antimicrobial --- antioxidant --- anthocyanins --- medicinal foods --- Platycodon grandiflorus --- medicinal food --- saponins --- human health --- applications --- cherry --- intestinal absorption --- nanoparticles --- nanosystems --- HUVEC --- bioactive compounds --- safety --- health --- regulation --- clinical tests --- efficacy --- analysis --- formulation

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Nutraceuticals are a challenge for the future of prevention and therapy in healthcare. The possibility to prevent and/or support pharmacological therapy, which is nowadays mainly based on pharmaceuticals, can be a powerful tool to face pathological, chronic, long-term diseases in subjects who do not qualify for a pharmacological therapy. Nutraceuticals are obtained from vegetal or animal origin foods, and prospective research on these products will clarify their role, safety and efficacy by substantiating their role with clinical data. An effort to clarify their mechanism of action will open a door to the next generation of therapeutic agents that do not propose themselves as an alternative to drugs, but, instead, can be helpful to complement a pharmacological therapy, and to prevent the onset of chronical diseases. The market as well as the interest of people in naturally-derived remedies and less synthetic pharmaceuticals is growing, and the attention of the collective public imagination is nowadays more strongly focused on these food-derived products. This Special Issue is dedicated to the role of and perspectives on nutraceuticals in human health, examined from different angles ranging from analytical aspects to clinical trials, and from efficacy studies to beneficial effects on health conditions.

bioactive polysaccharides --- extraction --- biomedical applications --- fenugreek seed --- garlic --- linseed --- copper sulfate --- yolk --- cholesterol --- carotenoid --- flavonoids --- oxidative status --- polyphenols --- yolk color --- apigenin --- luteolin --- degradation --- ferrous ions --- cupric ions --- cervical cancer cells --- growth inhibition --- apoptosis --- egg quality --- Haugh unit --- spirulina --- antioxidant capacity --- fulvic acids --- functional beverage --- iron --- mineral --- Allium sativum --- β-carboline alkaloids --- anti-adipogenic effects --- 3T3-L1 preadipocytes --- Ac-α-tubulin --- grape --- grape seeds --- FTIR spectroscopy --- chemometrics --- fatty acids --- phenolic compounds --- biorefinery --- nutraceuticals --- Prunus serotine --- defatted flour --- soluble protein --- protein concentrate --- emulsifying properties --- emulsion stability --- ginger water --- obesity --- energy homeostasis --- gene expression --- rat --- anti-inflammatory --- antimicrobial --- antioxidant --- anthocyanins --- medicinal foods --- Platycodon grandiflorus --- medicinal food --- saponins --- human health --- applications --- cherry --- intestinal absorption --- nanoparticles --- nanosystems --- HUVEC --- bioactive compounds --- safety --- health --- regulation --- clinical tests --- efficacy --- analysis --- formulation

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The aim of this Special Issue is to publish high quality papers concerning poultry nutrition and the interrelations between nutrition, metabolism, microbiota and the health of poultry. Therefore, I invite submissions of recent findings, as original research or reviews, on poultry nutrition, including, but not limited to, the following areas: the effect of feeding on poultry meat end egg quality; nutrient requirements of poultry; the use of functional feed additives to improve gut health and immune status; microbiota; nutraceuticals; soybean meal replacers as alternative sources of protein for poultry; the effects of feeding poultry on environmental impacts; the use of feed/food by-products in poultry diet; and feed technology.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- Aflatoxin B1 --- Lactobacillus --- anti-fungal --- Aspergillus flavus --- in vitro --- poultry --- chickens --- ascorbic acid --- curcumin --- boric acid --- necrotic enteritis --- Salmonella Enteritidis --- broiler --- growth --- intestinal villi --- Salmonella --- broilers --- IBDV --- soybean isoflavones --- immune function --- viral protein 5 mRNA expression --- ducks --- zinc oxide --- phytase --- growth performance --- zinc utilization --- residual feed consumption --- quail --- high environmental temperature --- intestinal morphology --- duodenum --- intestinal absorption --- broilers feeding --- propolis --- bee pollen --- DHA --- omega-3 --- fatty acids --- enrichment --- selenium sources-levels --- selenium retention --- antioxidant capacity --- frozen meat --- embryonic development --- heat shock proteins --- immunoglobulin --- intracytoplasmic vacuoles --- L-arginine --- amino acids --- dietary supplementation --- humoral immunity --- Moringa oleifera --- laying performance --- health status --- energy requirement --- meat quality --- slow-growing broilers --- nutrient deposition --- xylanase --- arabinofuranosidases --- nutrient utilization --- immunity --- strain --- in ovo injection --- royal jelly --- chicken --- hatchability --- blood --- chitooligosaccharide --- intestinal integrity --- digestive function --- heat stress --- indigenous yellow-feathered breed --- denatonium benzoate --- genistein --- ggTas2Rs --- bitter taste receptors --- licorice --- Glycyrrhiza glabra --- beneficial effects --- pharmaceutical --- health --- turkey --- footpad dermatitis --- charcoal --- crude protein reduced diet --- compensatory growth --- omega-6 --- fatty acid --- nutrition --- performance --- antioxidant --- egg and meat quality --- fertility --- cholesterol --- CuZn-SOD --- HMG-CoA --- HSP70 --- laying hens --- L-Thr --- n/a --- vitamin B12 --- pekin ducks --- weight gain --- feed intake --- feed conversion ratio --- hematological indicator --- antibiotic --- hydrolysable polyphenol --- monoglyceride --- pathogen --- poultry feeding --- antioxidant status --- bamboo leaf extract --- cholesterol metabolism --- apoptosis --- autophagy --- heart --- kidney --- Camelina oil --- Camelina cake --- polyunsaturated fatty acids --- broiler chicken --- threonine --- metabolism --- blood parameter --- polyethylene glycol --- red grape pomace waste --- broiler chickens --- alternative energy source --- soybean lecithin --- phospholipids --- vegetable acid oil --- digestibility balance --- free fatty acids --- triacylglycerols --- mannanoligosaccharide --- oxidative status --- Partridge Shank chickens --- nanoparticles --- chromium --- supplementation --- electrophysiology --- Ussing chamber --- antibiotics --- intestinal health --- probiotics --- methionine --- reduced crude protein --- slaughter characteristics --- medicinal mushrooms --- Allium --- feed additive --- organosulfur compounds --- polyphenols --- levels --- sources --- carcass --- betaine --- Evans blue dye --- physiological responses --- feed additives --- prebiotics --- phytogenics --- organic acids --- anticoccidials --- Clostridium perfringens --- production performance --- essential oils --- housing system --- ISA brown --- production --- egg production --- green tea powder --- huainan partridge chicken --- lipoprotein lipase --- plasma lipid --- cadmium --- clay --- blood biochemical parameters --- multienzymes --- administration method --- enzyme dose --- blood constituents --- blood chemistry --- emulsifiers --- TBARs --- nutrient requirements --- growth indices --- modeling --- Chinese yellow-feathered chickens --- probiotic --- phytobiotic --- alternative ingredients --- lipid peroxidation --- biological nano-curcumin --- diet --- pathogens --- phytobiotics --- green tea --- pomegranate --- drinking water --- antiradical activity --- cecal microbiota --- SNP --- IGF1 --- IGFBP2 --- TGFß3 --- Hubbard F15 --- Cobb E --- meat --- bilberry leaves --- walnut leaves --- digestive enzyme activities --- blood haematology --- serum biochemistry