Current Functional Foods - Volume 1, Issue 1, 2023

Worldwide health and therapeutic practices seek to amalgamate alternative medications with evidence-based medicine for an improved understanding of metabolic progression and its influences on the human body. Actinidia deliciosa, also known as “Kiwi fruit”, is a dioecious plant that is native to China and distributed widely across the Asian continent. Commercial planting of kiwifruit was started in the early 20th ce Read More

Linum usitatissimum (Linn.), commonly known as flaxseed, belongs to the family Linaceae. Flaxseed is a crop of blue flowers that produce small, flat seeds of golden yellow to reddish-brown color. It is a native of the Mediterranean and West Asia. Due to its health benefits associated with the high content of linolenic acid (ALA), flaxseed has played a major role in diet and research. The ALA is an essential omega-3-fatty acid, a Read More

The goji berry (Lycium spp.) belongs to the Solanaceae family. The genus Lycium comprises 87 recognized species and is distributed in arid and semi-arid regions in temperate to subtropical zones around the world. China is currently the greatest supplier of goji berry, or wolfberry, products in the world and commercial amounts of wolfberry are grown in this country. Goji berry is densely cultivated around the southwestern part Read More

Probiotic foods are functional foods that play important roles in the health of humans and animals. Over centuries, the main route for probiotics transfer into humans and animals is through fermented dairy products. However, currently, the selection of new probiotic strains and the development of new administration carriers due to consumer preference and conditions are on the rise, especially with the emergence Read More

Background Consuming a high-fructose diet (HFD) contributes to obesity, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular diseases. It has been proposed that curcumin modulates lipid metabolism, and it has a potential beneficial effect in the context of cardiometabolic diseases, although it has not been demonstrated. Objective This article evaluates the effect of curcumin on the expression of the PPARα, CPT1, MCAD, VLCAD, and ACAA2 Read More

Background Psoralea corylifolia Linn belongs to the Leguminosae family and is commonly known as ‘Bakuchi’ in the Ayurvedic system of medicine. P. corylifolia is an important medicinal herb used for the treatment of leucoderma, psoriasis, and leprosy. P. corylifolia seed contain psoralen, psoralidin, isopsoralen, neobavaisoflavone, corylin, bavachin, and bavachalcone. P. corylifolia has been used for the treatment of asthm Read More

Background Latest scientific techniques like heavy metal content, microbial load estimation and pesticide residues are essential for fulfilling WHO guidelines for herbal drug formulations like Ghrita. Methods In the present study, formulated Ghrita sample was selected for estimation of heavy metals as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), microbial load and pesticide residues. Results The heavy metals, microbial load and p Read More

BackgroundOlive (Olea europaea L.) and carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.), which contain considerable amounts of phenolic compounds, are the most important nutritional and therapeutic plants in the Mediterranean basin.ObjectivesThe goal of this work is to revalue carob and olive leaves as key sources of polyphenols, hence increasing the value of waste goods.MethodsIn this study, aqueous acetone or ethanol (80% v/v) extracts Read More

BackgroundsHerbal medicines have been used in medicine over the last three decades, and the demand for herbal drugs has been increasing in modern medicine due to their health benefits and pharmacological activities. Herbal medicines are mainly derived from plants and their derived products, which have a significant role in the traditional and modern systems of medicine. Plant-based products have been used in the p Read More