Polyphenol Conjugates and Human Health: A Perspective Review
Autor: | Giuseppe Cirillo, Nevio Picci, Manuela Curcio, Orazio Vittorio, Francesca Iemma, Donatella Restuccia, Umile Gianfranco Spizzirri, Francesco Puoci |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Antioxidant medicine.medical_treatment Polyphenols food and beverages 02 engineering and technology General Medicine Plants Biology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Antioxidants Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Active oxygen 03 medical and health sciences Human health 030104 developmental biology Biochemistry Polyphenol Biological property medicine Humans 0210 nano-technology Food Analysis Food Science |
Zdroj: | Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 56:326-337 |
ISSN: | 1549-7852 1040-8398 |
Popis: | In recent years, antioxidants have gained great importance because of their potential use in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. This interest is rooted in the cumulative evidence connecting active oxygen and free radicals with numerous human degenerative disorders, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, aging, and atherosclerosis. Polyphenols are the major class of antioxidant able to reduce the oxidative damages of lipids, proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, and DNA in living cells and tissues. Among the realm of polyphenol compounds, polyphenol conjugates have been proposed as innovative materials which, by combining the advantageous properties of both the components, can increase the efficiency of antioxidants and their range of application in nutritional and biomedical fields. This work is an overview of the different class of polyphenol conjugates, which will be analyzed in terms of nutritional and biological properties, showing how these bio-conjugates will positively affect the human health. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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