Functional foods for health: The interrelated antioxidant and anti-inflammatory role of fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices and cocoa in humans

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 22, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 6701-6715

  Serafini, Mauro ^a   Peluso, Ilaria ^a  

^a Centre for Food and Nutrition   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Functional foods; Human; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Plant foods

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CURCUMIN; GINGER EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; SINECATECHINS; TURMERIC;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BEVERAGE; CACAO; CARROT JUICE; CRANBERRY JUICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GINSENG; HERB; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PAPAYA; POMEGRANATE JUICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SPICE; STRAWBERRY; TEA; TOMATO JUICE; URTICA DIOICA; VEGETABLE; COCA; INFLAMMATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; COCA; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; SPICES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 85012067097     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612823666161123094235     Document Type: Review

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