Molecular Mechanisms of Functional Food

Dr Rocio Campos-Vega is a Research Professor at the Department of Research and Graduate Studies in Food Science, Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro, Mexico. Dr B. Dave Oomah is a retired research scientist, formerly with Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada.

• List of Contributors viiPreface xiiiPart I Functional Food Bioactives 11 Polyphenolic Compounds Mechanisms as Inhibitors of Advanced Glycation EndProducts and Their Relationship to Health and Disease 3Vanize Martins Genova, Alessandra Gambero, Pedro de Souza Freitas Campos, andGabriela A. Macedo2 Psychobiotics, a Special Type of Probiotics, and Their Potential Molecular Mechanismsto Ameliorate Symptoms of Stress and Anxiety 28Tana Hernandez-Barrueta3 Molecular Mechanisms of Chronobiotics as Functional Foods 57Elisa Dufoo-Hurtado,Abraham Wall-Medrano,and Rocio Campos-VegaPart II Functional Food 874 Common Beans Bioactive Components and Their Potential to Modulate MolecularMarkers of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes 89Montserrat Alcazar Valle, Eugenia Lugo Cervantes, David Fonseca Hernandez, andLuis Mojica5 Benefits of Carioca Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris): Molecular Mechanisms to HumanHealth and Nutrition 112Juliana Aparecida Correia Bento, Mariana Juste Contin Gomes, Priscila Zaczuk Bassinello,Hércia Stampini Duarte Martino, Menandes Alves de Souza Neto, and B. Dave Oomah6 Molecular Effects of Bioactive Compounds from Semi-DesertPlants and their Usesas Potential Ingredient in Food Products 142Lissethe Palomo-Ligas,Sendar Daniel Nery-Flores,Jesus David García-Ortiz,ClaudiaMariana Pérez-Juárez,Adriana Carolina Flores-Gallegos,Raúl Rodríguez-Herrera,andMarisol Cruz-Requena0005310036.INDD 5 05/06/2022 20:40:10vi Contents7 Opuntia, ficus-indica[L.] Mill. and other Species: Source of Bioactives and theirMolecular Mechanisms of Action to Promote Human Health 193Federica Blando, Clara Albano, Cristian Jiménez-Martínez,and Anaberta CardadorMartínez8 Molecular Mechanisms of Edible Macro-andMicroalgae as Functional Foods orSources of Nutraceuticals 238Yvonne V. Yuan9 Hempseed: A Functional Food Source 269B. Dave Oomah10 Phytochemicals and Functional Properties of Coffee: Molecular Mechanismof Action 357Salvador A. Saldaña-Mendoza,Sandra Pacios-Michelena,Mónica L. Chávez-González,Leidy Johana. Valencia-Hernández,A. Sócrates Palacios-Ponce,and Cristóbal N. Aguilar11 Coffee Proteins: Functional Food Ingredients with Molecular Effects for SustainableHealth 382Amaia Iriondo-DeHond,Maria del Pilar Salazar, Laura Guspí Domènech, Jose EdgarZapata Montoya, and Maria Dolores del Castillo12 Coffee, Ginger and Cinnamon: Molecular Mechanisms of Action on HumanHealth 404Maria Bibiana Zapata Londoño, Diego Fernando Uribe Yunda, Johanny Aguillón Osma,and Maria Elena Maldonado-Celis13 Chontaduro (Bactris gasipaes Kunth): A Sustainable Source of Healthy BioactiveCompounds 431Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo,Mario E. Rodríguez-García,and Olga Lucia Torres-Vargas14 Saffron: A Functional Food with Potential Molecular Effects 453Yousef Rasmi, Elihud Salazar, Ena Gupta, Behrokh Daei-Hasani,and MartínCalderón-Juárez15 Cocoa Shell: Source of Novel Bioactive Ingredients for the Preventionof Cardiometabolic Diseases 485Miguel Rebollo-Hernanz,Silvia Cañas, Cheyenne Braojos, Paz Cano-Muñoz,and MariaA. Martín-Cabrejas16 Pseudocereals: Ancient Grains as Sources of Bioactive Compounds for FunctionalFoods and Modulation of Molecular Markers 520Oscar Abel Sánchez-Velázquez,María Lilibeth Manzanilla-Valdez,Martin Mondor,Guiomar Melgar-Lalanne,and Alan Javier Hernández-Álvarez17 Berries as Functional Foods: Molecular Mechanisms Promoting Human Health 596Shazia Parveen, Irshad Ul Haq Bhat, and Rajeev BhatIndex 000