Status of Bioactive Compounds in Foods, with Focus on Fruits and Vegetables

Shashirekha, M. N. and Mallikarjuna, S. E. and Rajarathnam, S. (2015) Status of Bioactive Compounds in Foods, with Focus on Fruits and Vegetables. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 55. pp. 1324-1339.

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Abstract

Components of cereals, legumes, pulses, proteins, sea food, milk, carbohydrates and lipids are being evaluated for their influence on human health, as biofunctional compounds. However, references dealing with fruits and vegetables exceed any other food group and accordingly their focus. Fruits and vegetables abound in a spectacular range of such health influencing compounds and thus, study of their bioactivity, in lieu of their consumption in fresh or processed form. Anti-cancerous phenolics from Phyllanthus, radioprotective Litchi phenolics/flavonoids, hypoglycemic Sygium, quercitin and hydroxyl cinnamates of Sweet cherries, xanthones ofMangosteen, ellagitannins of Pomegranate, ursolic acid of Sea buckthorn, muscle relaxative watermelon, anti-cholesterolemic soluble fibre and sterols, cardioprotective saponins, ACE-inhibitory potato hydrolysates, anti-pancreatic cancerous ascorbic acid, carotenoids including pro-vitamin A are few examples unraveled. Thus, the imminent scope to obviate their structural chemistry, influence on storage and processing conditions, factors favoring their bio-accessibility/bio-availability in the food formulations, influencing human health. It is the meticulous combination of these compounds in daily consumption that determines their usefulness to human body.What is of paramount importance is the actual health benefits accrued from consumption of such functional- compound based fresh/processed fruits ,vegetables or other foods.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Functional foods, biofunctional foods, fruits, vegetables
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 18 Processed foods > 04 Functional foods 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 24 Fruits
Divisions:	Fruit and Vegetable Technology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	18 May 2016 05:33
Last Modified:	18 May 2016 05:33
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/12143

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