Functionally and physiologically active peptides are produced from several food proteins during gastrointestinal digestion and fermentation of food materials with lactic acid bacteria. Once bioactive peptides (BPs) are liberated, they exhibit a wide variety of physiological functions in the human body such as gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, immune, endocrine, and nervous systems. These functi...

Bioactive essential oil components, aldehydes, terpenes and phenols can be encapsulated into nanosized emulsified droplets. Nano-encapsulated bioactive oils emulsions were prepared by high amplitude ultrasonic homogenization with food grade ingredients. The effect of delivery system on the antimicrobial activity of different oils components, e.g., carvacrol, lemon grass and cinnamaldehyde, was ...

Research into bioactive food compounds (BFC) continues to evolve albeit with shared challenges among scientists in the fields of obesity and cancer treatment and prevention. Given the diversity of scientific disciplines involved in evaluating BFC, multidisciplinary conferences provide opportunities to update the state of the science and critically discuss conceptual and methodological challenge...