"Functional Food" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Components of the usual diet that may provide health benefits beyond basic nutrients. Examples of functional foods include soy, nuts, chocolate, and cranberries (From NCCAM Backgrounder, March 2004, p3). Soy, for example, provides not only protein but also PHYTOESTROGENS (isoflavones), which help reduce total blood cholesterol by lowering LDL CHOLESTEROL.
Concept/Terms
Functional Food- Functional Food
- Food, Functional
- Foods, Functional
- Functional Foods
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Functional Food" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Functional Food" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Functional Food" by people in Profiles.
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Edible Mushrooms as Functional Ingredients for Development of Healthier and More Sustainable Muscle Foods: A Flexitarian Approach. Molecules. 2021 Apr 23; 26(9).
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Protective effects of a unique combination of nutritionally active ingredients on risk factors and gene expression associated with atherosclerosis in C57BL/6J mice fed a high fat diet. Food Funct. 2021 Apr 21; 12(8):3657-3671.
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Screening and Molecular Modeling Evaluation of Food Peptides to Inhibit Key Targets of COVID-19 Virus. Biomolecules. 2021 02 22; 11(2).
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Nano-enabled personalized nutrition: Developing multicomponent-bioactive colloidal delivery systems. Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2020 Aug; 282:102211.
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Functional Foods in the Prevention of Colorectal Cancer. Crit Rev Oncog. 2020; 25(2):111-128.
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Delivery of synergistic polyphenol combinations using biopolymer-based systems: Advances in physicochemical properties, stability and bioavailability. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2020; 60(12):2083-2097.
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Fabrication and characterization of functional protein-polysaccharide-polyphenol complexes assembled from lactoferrin, hyaluronic acid and (-)-epigallocatechin gallate. Food Funct. 2019 Feb 20; 10(2):1098-1108.
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Bioprocessing of Functional Ingredients from Flaxseed. Molecules. 2018 Sep 24; 23(10).
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Encapsulation, protection, and delivery of bioactive proteins and peptides using nanoparticle and microparticle systems: A review. Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2018 Mar; 253:1-22.
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Walnut consumption increases activation of the insula to highly desirable food cues: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over fMRI study. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 01; 20(1):173-177.