Sentences with phrase «other bioactive compounds»

This opens up the possibility for the production and use of sentinel circuits, which produce other bioactive compounds in response to environmental or cellular changes, to target a range of diseases including cancer.»

Food provides not only essential nutrients needed for life but also other bioactive compounds for health promotion and disease prevention.

The researchers added: «Other bioactive compounds present in nuts, including micronutrients, fibre, and phytochemicals, may also contribute to their cardio - protective effect by reducing inflammation, improving vascular reactivity as well as fasting glucose and insulin sensitivity, and by lowering oxidative stress status.

Remember that they all reduced their caloric intake by the same amount, so the researchers concluded that calcium might aid in weight reduction — apart from caloric restriction — and that dairy foods in general may contain other bioactive compounds that assist fat loss.

We can likely thank nuts» monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, fiber, antioxidants, and other bioactive compounds for their role in reducing the risk of disease.

Other bioactive compounds in whole grains include lignans, phytoestrogens, phytosterols, and digestive enzyme inhibitors.

Whole plant foods are rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals, and other bioactive compounds.

Even more, drinking coffee is associated with reduced motor and cognitive deficits in aging thanks to coffee's polyphenols and other bioactive compounds.

These monacolins work with the other bioactive compounds also found in RYR extract such as isoflavones to support normal innate cholesterol levels.

Today we know that sea buckthorn is a great source of vitamin C, carotene, vitamin E, malic & succini acids, amino acids, natural oils, and other bioactive compounds.

But raw, unrefined honey contains hundreds (maybe thousands) of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other bioactive compounds that seem to buffer the effects of sugar.

Although soybeans share some of the nutritional properties of pulses [e.g. high in fiber and protein, low glycemic index (GI)-RSB-, they are thought to have unique health effects due to their high content of certain phytoestrogens such as isoflavones and other bioactive compounds (6).