scholarly journals Nutrigenomics: future for sustenance

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prem Lal ◽  
Remya Ramachandran ◽  
P. T. James ◽  
Rajeevan K. ◽  
Aju Ravindran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Actual Knowledge ◽  
Food Components ◽  
Bioactive Food Components ◽  
Prevention And Cure

Nutrigenomics deals with the effect of foods and food constituents on gene expression. It is a new concept in disease prevention and cure. Nutrigenomics conveys how nutrients influence our body to express genes, whereas nutrigenetics refers to how our body responds to nutrients. The various bioactive food components can alter the gene expression mechanisms. But our actual knowledge is so insufficient that the only use of such information may help to satisfy our imagination. If science could arrive at some more precise facts, that would have vast applications in medicine.

Functional analysis of food components to prevent vascular-related diseases

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (7) ◽  
pp. 42-44
Author(s):  
Katsuko Kajiya
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Vascular Diseases ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Food Components ◽  
Beneficial Impact ◽  
Prevention Potential

A Japan-based team of researchers is looking into the disease prevention potential of certain foods, with a focus on the Sakurajima radish, and how it could have a beneficial impact on heart health, specifically cardiovascular health. Given that vascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, the importance of this work cannot be underestimated. At the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Sciences and Biotechnology, Kagoshima University, Japan, Dr. Katsuko Kajiya and her team are researching the bioregulatory functions of agricultural products and how they can be beneficial to health. The researchers are working to scientifically elucidate the function of foods, looking at the disease prevention mechanisms and physiological functions of certain food ingredients.

Phytonutrients as Bioactive Food Components

2020 ◽  
pp. 311-321
Author(s):  
Mark L. Wahlqvist ◽  
Naiyana Wattanapenpaiboon
Keyword(s):  
Food Components ◽  
Bioactive Food Components

scholarly journals Bioactive Food Components, Inflammatory Targets, and Cancer Prevention

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. S. Kim ◽  
M. R. Young ◽  
G. Bobe ◽  
N. H. Colburn ◽  
J. A. Milner
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Food Components ◽  
Bioactive Food Components

scholarly journals Methyl Donor Micronutrients that Modify DNA Methylation and Cancer Outcome

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abeer Mahmoud ◽  
Mohamed Ali
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Epigenetic Mechanism ◽  
Enzymatic Reactions ◽  
Breast Cancers ◽  
Methyl Donors ◽  
Food Components ◽  
Dietary Nutrient ◽  
Bioactive Food Components

DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that is essential for regulating gene transcription. However, aberrant DNA methylation, which is a nearly universal finding in cancer, can result in disturbed gene expression. DNA methylation is modified by environmental factors such as diet that may modify cancer risk and tumor behavior. Abnormal DNA methylation has been observed in several cancers such as colon, stomach, cervical, prostate, and breast cancers. These alterations in DNA methylation may play a critical role in cancer development and progression. Dietary nutrient intake and bioactive food components are essential environmental factors that may influence DNA methylation either by directly inhibiting enzymes that catalyze DNA methylation or by changing the availability of substrates required for those enzymatic reactions such as the availability and utilization of methyl groups. In this review, we focused on nutrients that act as methyl donors or methylation co-factors and presented intriguing evidence for the role of these bioactive food components in altering DNA methylation patterns in cancer. Such a role is likely to have a mechanistic impact on the process of carcinogenesis and offer possible therapeutic potentials.

scholarly journals Nanochemoprevention: Sustained Release of Bioactive Food Components for Cancer Prevention

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 883-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imtiaz A. Siddiqui ◽  
Vaqar M. Adhami ◽  
Nihal Ahmad ◽  
Hasan Mukhtar
Keyword(s):  
Sustained Release ◽  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Food Components ◽  
Bioactive Food Components
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