Bioactive Components of Functional Foods and Their Bioactivity for Health

Kılıç A.

in: Advances in Health and Disease, Lowell T. Duncan, Editor, NOVA Science Publishers Inc. , New York, pp.69-95, 2024

  • Publication Type: Book Chapter / Chapter Research Book
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Publisher: NOVA Science Publishers Inc.
  • City: New York
  • Page Numbers: pp.69-95
  • Editors: Lowell T. Duncan, Editor
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, bioactive food components and their role on human health are discussed. In addition, some foods that are definedas functional foods

due to their bioactive component content and their bioactivity on health are discussed. As a bioactive component; lignans, carotenoids,

organosulfur, glucosinolates, phenolic compounds, sterols, omega fatty acids, prebiotics and their bioactivities that contribute to health are

discussed. As functional food, pollen, fish, tea, some vegetables, fruits, spice products and their bioactivity are discussed. In this direction, some

important protective effects of bioactive components and functional foods rich in bioactive components are explained.