Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives

Understanding the complex process of food digestion is an area of intense research due to its direct liaison with nutrition and health. Over the last few years, consumers have been paying more attention to how nutritional factors and the consumption of certain foods may impact human well-being, as f...

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description Understanding the complex process of food digestion is an area of intense research due to its direct liaison with nutrition and health. Over the last few years, consumers have been paying more attention to how nutritional factors and the consumption of certain foods may impact human well-being, as food components may display either beneficial or adverse effects in the digestive system, and therefore, in human health. Hence, our gastrointestinal tract is exposed to a large variety of food components once they are processed, released, and eventually transported across the intestinal barrier. Food compounds are thus metabolized and subjected to different changes in the digestive system, and scientists working on functional foods aim to uncover this challenge to better determine the health implications of food bioactives. While the simulation of the physiological conditions of the digestion process is a crucial step, there is growing evidence regarding the health impact of the modulation of digestive functions through dietary substances. Therefore, the goal of this Special Issue was to gather the latest research on the three-way interplay between the digestive system, the food matrix and composition during digestion, and the nutritional and functional properties of food bioactives, highlighting investigations applying model systems of food gastrointestinal digestion, absorption, bioavailability, and gut microbiota, but also novel studies and future scientific trends about the nutritional and biological functions of digested food products and their bioactive molecules in health and disease.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1751132026-04-16T19:01:37Z Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives Fernández-Tomé, Samuel Potato protein isolate Patatin Semi-dynamic in vitro digestion Structuring Amino acid digestibility In vitro digestibility Bioaccessibility Brewers’ spent grain Minerals B vitamins Proanthocyanidins Polymerization degree Digestion Anti-obesity ability Milk allergens Casein Whey protein Transglutaminase Allergenicity Erythrina edulis Simulated gastrointestinal digestion Multifunctional peptides Immunomodulatory activity Microalgae Nutritional value Bioactivity Digestibility Novel functional foods Hydrolysate Duodenal digest Peptidomics Digestion kinetics Lipid digestibility Milk fat Beef fat Gastric lipase Grape seed powder Black tea N A thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences Understanding the complex process of food digestion is an area of intense research due to its direct liaison with nutrition and health. Over the last few years, consumers have been paying more attention to how nutritional factors and the consumption of certain foods may impact human well-being, as food components may display either beneficial or adverse effects in the digestive system, and therefore, in human health. Hence, our gastrointestinal tract is exposed to a large variety of food components once they are processed, released, and eventually transported across the intestinal barrier. Food compounds are thus metabolized and subjected to different changes in the digestive system, and scientists working on functional foods aim to uncover this challenge to better determine the health implications of food bioactives. While the simulation of the physiological conditions of the digestion process is a crucial step, there is growing evidence regarding the health impact of the modulation of digestive functions through dietary substances. Therefore, the goal of this Special Issue was to gather the latest research on the three-way interplay between the digestive system, the food matrix and composition during digestion, and the nutritional and functional properties of food bioactives, highlighting investigations applying model systems of food gastrointestinal digestion, absorption, bioavailability, and gut microbiota, but also novel studies and future scientific trends about the nutritional and biological functions of digested food products and their bioactive molecules in health and disease. 2026-04-16T19:01:34Z 2026-04-16T19:01:34Z 2025 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725860357_18 9783725860357 9783725860364 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175113 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/12018 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6036-4 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6036-4 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725860357 9783725860364 140 CH open access
spellingShingle Potato protein isolate
Patatin
Semi-dynamic in vitro digestion
Structuring
Amino acid digestibility
In vitro digestibility
Bioaccessibility
Brewers’ spent grain
Minerals
B vitamins
Proanthocyanidins
Polymerization degree
Digestion
Anti-obesity ability
Milk allergens
Casein
Whey protein
Transglutaminase
Allergenicity
Erythrina edulis
Simulated gastrointestinal digestion
Multifunctional peptides
Immunomodulatory activity
Microalgae
Nutritional value
Bioactivity
Digestibility
Novel functional foods
Hydrolysate
Duodenal digest
Peptidomics
Digestion kinetics
Lipid digestibility
Milk fat
Beef fat
Gastric lipase
Grape seed powder
Black tea
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A
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives
title Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives
title_full Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives
title_fullStr Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives
title_full_unstemmed Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives
title_short Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives
title_sort role of food digestion and digestive system in the nutritional functional and health properties of food bioactives
topic Potato protein isolate
Patatin
Semi-dynamic in vitro digestion
Structuring
Amino acid digestibility
In vitro digestibility
Bioaccessibility
Brewers’ spent grain
Minerals
B vitamins
Proanthocyanidins
Polymerization degree
Digestion
Anti-obesity ability
Milk allergens
Casein
Whey protein
Transglutaminase
Allergenicity
Erythrina edulis
Simulated gastrointestinal digestion
Multifunctional peptides
Immunomodulatory activity
Microalgae
Nutritional value
Bioactivity
Digestibility
Novel functional foods
Hydrolysate
Duodenal digest
Peptidomics
Digestion kinetics
Lipid digestibility
Milk fat
Beef fat
Gastric lipase
Grape seed powder
Black tea
N
A
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
topic_facet Potato protein isolate
Patatin
Semi-dynamic in vitro digestion
Structuring
Amino acid digestibility
In vitro digestibility
Bioaccessibility
Brewers’ spent grain
Minerals
B vitamins
Proanthocyanidins
Polymerization degree
Digestion
Anti-obesity ability
Milk allergens
Casein
Whey protein
Transglutaminase
Allergenicity
Erythrina edulis
Simulated gastrointestinal digestion
Multifunctional peptides
Immunomodulatory activity
Microalgae
Nutritional value
Bioactivity
Digestibility
Novel functional foods
Hydrolysate
Duodenal digest
Peptidomics
Digestion kinetics
Lipid digestibility
Milk fat
Beef fat
Gastric lipase
Grape seed powder
Black tea
N
A
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
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