Molecular Mechanisms of Functional Food

List of Contributors vii

Preface xiii

Part I Functional Food Bioactives 1

1 Polyphenolic Compounds Mechanisms as Inhibitors of Advanced Glycation End

Products and Their Relationship to Health and Disease 3

Vanize Martins Genova, Alessandra Gambero, Pedro de Souza Freitas Campos, and

Gabriela A. Macedo

2 Psychobiotics, a Special Type of Probiotics, and Their Potential Molecular Mechanisms

to Ameliorate Symptoms of Stress and Anxiety 28

Tana Hernandez-Barrueta

3 Molecular Mechanisms of Chronobiotics as Functional Foods 57

Elisa Dufoo-Hurtado,

Abraham Wall-Medrano,

and Rocio Campos-Vega

Part II Functional Food 87

4 Common Beans Bioactive Components and Their Potential to Modulate Molecular

Markers of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes 89

Montserrat Alcazar Valle, Eugenia Lugo Cervantes, David Fonseca Hernandez, and

Luis Mojica

5 Benefits of Carioca Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris): Molecular Mechanisms to Human

Health and Nutrition 112

Juliana Aparecida Correia Bento, Mariana Juste Contin Gomes, Priscila Zaczuk Bassinello,

Hercia Stampini Duarte Martino, Menandes Alves de Souza Neto, and B. Dave Oomah

6 Molecular Effects of Bioactive Compounds from Semi-Desert

Plants and their Uses

as Potential Ingredient in Food Products 142

Lissethe Palomo-Ligas,

Sendar Daniel Nery-Flores,

Jesus David Garcia-Ortiz,

Claudia

Mariana Perez-Juarez,

Adriana Carolina Flores-Gallegos,

Raul Rodriguez-Herrera,

and

Marisol Cruz-Requena

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7 Opuntia, ficus-indica

[L.] Mill. and other Species: Source of Bioactives and their

Molecular Mechanisms of Action to Promote Human Health 193

Federica Blando, Clara Albano, Cristian Jimenez-Martinez,

and Anaberta Cardador

Martinez

8 Molecular Mechanisms of Edible Macro-and

Microalgae as Functional Foods or

Sources of Nutraceuticals 238

Yvonne V. Yuan

9 Hempseed: A Functional Food Source 269

B. Dave Oomah

10 Phytochemicals and Functional Properties of Coffee: Molecular Mechanism

of Action 357

Salvador A. Saldana-Mendoza,

Sandra Pacios-Michelena,

Monica L. Chavez-Gonzalez,

Leidy Johana. Valencia-Hernandez,

A. Socrates Palacios-Ponce,

and Cristobal N. Aguilar

11 Coffee Proteins: Functional Food Ingredients with Molecular Effects for Sustainable

Health 382

Amaia Iriondo-DeHond,

Maria del Pilar Salazar, Laura Guspi Domenech, Jose Edgar

Zapata Montoya, and Maria Dolores del Castillo

12 Coffee, Ginger and Cinnamon: Molecular Mechanisms of Action on Human

Health 404

Maria Bibiana Zapata Londono, Diego Fernando Uribe Yunda, Johanny Aguillon Osma,

and Maria Elena Maldonado-Celis

13 Chontaduro (Bactris gasipaes Kunth): A Sustainable Source of Healthy Bioactive

Compounds 431

Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo,

Mario E. Rodriguez-Garcia,

and Olga Lucia Torres-Vargas

14 Saffron: A Functional Food with Potential Molecular Effects 453

Yousef Rasmi, Elihud Salazar, Ena Gupta, Behrokh Daei-Hasani,

and Martin

Calderon-Juarez

15 Cocoa Shell: Source of Novel Bioactive Ingredients for the Prevention

of Cardiometabolic Diseases 485

Miguel Rebollo-Hernanz,

Silvia Canas, Cheyenne Braojos, Paz Cano-Munoz,

and Maria

A. Martin-Cabrejas

16 Pseudocereals: Ancient Grains as Sources of Bioactive Compounds for Functional

Foods and Modulation of Molecular Markers 520

Oscar Abel Sanchez-Velazquez,

Maria Lilibeth Manzanilla-Valdez,

Martin Mondor,

Guiomar Melgar-Lalanne,

and Alan Javier Hernandez-Alvarez

17 Berries as Functional Foods: Molecular Mechanisms Promoting Human Health 596

Shazia Parveen, Irshad Ul Haq Bhat, and Rajeev Bhat

Index 000

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• Outras tecnologias e Ciências Aplicadas

food health effects; functional foods development; effects of food on health; effects of food on disease; food industry; plant based research; antioxidant fibers; prebiotics; Ginger; Cinnamon; Saffron; novel food/ingredients; Pseudocereals; underutilized by-products