Overview of Functional Foods

Soluble Dietary Fibers as Antihyperlipidemic Agents: A Comprehensive Review to Maximize Their Health Benefits

“…Mucilage was found to be poorly fermented inside the small intestine and has the ability to absorb water into the gut leading to the formation of gel . This feature provides a desired laxative effect, supplies a poorly fermented substance for microbial multiplication, and produces as a result a greater bacterial bulk and increases the content of colon . Conversely, mucilage has the capacity to hinder gastric and colon emptying time; this is helpful for the treatment of diarrhea, irritable bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, and hemorrhoids…”

“…41 This feature provides a desired laxative effect, supplies a poorly fermented substance for microbial multiplication, and produces as a result a greater bacterial bulk and increases the content of colon. 42 Conversely, mucilage has the capacity to hinder gastric and colon emptying time; this is helpful for the treatment of diarrhea, 43 irritable bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, and hemorrhoids. 44 As mentioned above, the mechanism of the hypocholesteremic action of gel-forming fiber is attributed to accordingly hindering intestinal motility and the gastric emptying rate.…”

A review on bioactive compounds and health benefits of Baccaurea ramiflora

“…The mineral content like calcium, manganese, sodium, and copper is reported to be in a good amount and all these macro‐ and micronutrients are required by an organism for normal metabolism. If there is a lack or deficiency of these bioactive compounds in the body, it will lead to disorders and organisms become more prone to occurring disorders in health; consumption of these minerals with the bioactive compounds is reported to show promising health benefits (Chhikara & Panghal, 2021; Haque et al, 2010).…”

“…Uddin et al studied the phytochemical composition of the seed, pulp, and peel part of the Burmese grape fruit and reported that extract prepared in the methanol shows very good antioxidant properties and primary and secondary metabolites like carbohydrates, proteins, fats, alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides phenols were present in the sample (Uddin et al, 2018). Bioactive compounds, especially phenolic acids, are the secondary metabolites exerted by plants that possess the power of antioxidant and show radical scavenging properties; thus, when consumed, they reduce the chances of a number of diseases like CVD (cardiovascular diseases), diverse type of cancers, and other pathologies (Chhikara & Panghal, 2021; Rodriguez‐Mateos et al, 2014; Rohilla et al, 2023). Different solvents methanol, acetone, and water were used to determine the best solvents for the detection of phenolic components and different phenolic tests were to evaluate the phenolic profile of the pulp and peel of the fruit.…”

Nutritive value, biological properties, health benefits and applications of Tetrapleura tetraptera: An updated comprehensive review

“…Given the chemical composition and biological properties of T. tetraptera , it has the potential to be used in ethnomedicine, pharmaceutics, and industrial food productions such as functional food formulations. Functional foods improve human health by combating malnutrition as well as acute and chronic ailments including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes [ 13 , 14 ]. They can be used as a food supplement providing essential nutrients to the human body.…”