Egg and egg-derived foods: Effects on human health and use as functional foods

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 706-729

  Miranda, Jose M ^a   Anton, Xaquin ^b   Redondo Valbuena, Celia ^a   Roca Saavedra, Paula ^a   Rodriguez, Jose A ^c   Lamas, Alexandre ^a   Franco, Carlos M ^a   Cepeda, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Clavo Congelados   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Egg; Egg derived products; Functional foods; Omega 3; Technological elaboration

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AVIDIN; CAROTENOID; CHOLINE; CYSTATIN; EGG PROTEIN; LEUCINE; LYSOZYME; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OVOMUCOID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSVITIN; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TOCOPHEROL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN INTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; EGG; EGG ALLERGY; EGG YOLK; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASTEURIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; PROTEIN INTAKE;

CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EGGS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FOOD HANDLING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES;

EID: 84921732255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7010706     Document Type: Review

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