Bioactive Compounds From Marine Foods

The world?s oceans are a vast source of plant and animal foods which contain materials with the potential to be used as functional ingredients. Many such compounds have been identified, isolated, and characterized as being potentially active against various degenerative diseases such as cancer. The market for functional food products is growing rapidly, and bioactive ingredients for functional food products are consequently the focus of a great deal of new research in food science and nutrition. Covering over 70% of the Earth’s surface, oceans are a vast source of plant and animal foods that contain materials with the potential to be used as functional ingredients. Many such compounds have been identified, isolated, and characterized as being potentially active against various degenerative diseases in humans, including hypertension, oxidative stress, inflammation, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Bioactive Compounds from Marine Foods: Plant and Animal Sources reviews the myriad published information on bioactive components derived from marine foods, enabling researchers and product developers to select appropriate functional ingredients for new products. It covers foods and food ingredients from both animal and plant marine sources, focusing on those which demonstrate biological properties and whose constituent compounds have been isolated and identified as potentially active. Chapters address the biological activities of Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), oils, phospholipids, proteins and peptides, fibres, carbohydrates, chitosans, vitamins and minerals, fucoxantin, polyphenols, phytosterols, taurine, amongst others. The book is organized by bioactive compounds but, where specific marine foods are sources of multiple bioactive components – and have therefore…