Nasser Al-Habsi , Maha Al-Khalili , Syed Ariful Haque , Nada Al Akhzami , Cid R. Gonzalez-Gonzalez , Sheikha Al Harthi , Saud M. Al Jufaili
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Herbs and spices as functional food ingredients: A comprehensive review of their therapeutic properties, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, and applications in food preservation
The utilization of herbs and spices dates back thousands of years. They are mainly used as preservatives, flavour enhancers, colourants, fragrances, and therapeutic substances. Currently, a multitude of medications are derived from these botanicals and seasonings. This review will focus on the direct use of herbs and spices to treat and cure ailments. The health benefits of herbs and spices are attributed to their active chemicals, including antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, antibacterials, and others. Thus, incorporating herbs and spices into food products offers substantial advantages in terms of functionality and provides medicinal and nutritional benefits. This review aims to provide a concise overview of the characteristics of herbs and spices during the past decade. It will cover their medicinal, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and sensory capabilities and their uses in dairy products. Herbs and spices are a superior alternative to synthetic preservatives in fortifying foods, as they enhance the products' visual appeal and desirability while extending their shelf life. Further research is required to optimize the extraction of active chemicals, explore the synergistic effects of different herbs and spices, conduct more clinical trials, and enhance formulation development for functional foods and natural preservatives.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Functional Foods continues with the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. We give authors the possibility to publish their top-quality papers in a well-established leading journal in the food and nutrition fields. The Journal will keep its rigorous criteria to screen high impact research addressing relevant scientific topics and performed by sound methodologies.
The Journal of Functional Foods aims to bring together the results of fundamental and applied research into healthy foods and biologically active food ingredients.
The Journal is centered in the specific area at the boundaries among food technology, nutrition and health welcoming papers having a good interdisciplinary approach. The Journal will cover the fields of plant bioactives; dietary fibre, probiotics; functional lipids; bioactive peptides; vitamins, minerals and botanicals and other dietary supplements. Nutritional and technological aspects related to the development of functional foods and beverages are of core interest to the journal. Experimental works dealing with food digestion, bioavailability of food bioactives and on the mechanisms by which foods and their components are able to modulate physiological parameters connected with disease prevention are of particular interest as well as those dealing with personalized nutrition and nutritional needs in pathological subjects.