Screening Identification and Quantification of Nutritional Components and Phytochemicals in Foodstuffs

摘要

Foods confer many health-promoting benefits to humans for the treatment/prevention of different diseases. The interest in bioactive compounds, nutritional components, and phytochemicals in potential health-promoting foods continues to grow, powered by the identification of health-promoting properties and potential applications of nutraceutical substances. These products may range from isolated nutrients, agri-foods, dietary supplements, and diets to genetically engineered “designer” foods, herbal products, and processed foods. Today, nutraceutical products may be both traditional foods (e.g., meat products, fish, vegetables, fruits, chocolate, grains, and tea) and non-traditional foods (e.g., added ingredients or products derived from agricultural breeding). These products have become very attractive to the food industry, prompting their use as replacements for synthetic chemicals and nutraceuticals, but natural resources are suffering from less attention and research, and their nutritional, economic, and socio-cultural potentials are not fully exploited.