"Functional Food" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Components of the usual diet that may provide health benefits beyond basic nutrients. Examples of functional foods include soy, nuts, chocolate, and cranberries (From NCCAM Backgrounder, March 2004, p3).
| Descriptor ID |
D055951
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.203.300.572 J02.500.572
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| Concept/Terms |
Functional Food- Functional Food
- Food, Functional
- Foods, Functional
- Functional Foods
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Functional Food" by people in Profiles.
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Immunonutrition effects on coping with COVID-19. Food Funct. 2021 Sep 07; 12(17):7637-7650.
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Time to Enhance Immunity via Functional Foods and Supplements: Hope for SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak. Altern Ther Health Med. 2021 Jun; 27(S1):30-44.
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Understanding the heart-brain axis response in COVID-19 patients: A suggestive perspective for therapeutic development. Pharmacol Res. 2021 06; 168:105581.
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In the Age of Viral Pandemic, Can Ingredients Inspired by Human Milk and Infant Nutrition Be Repurposed to Support the Immune System? Nutrients. 2021 Mar 06; 13(3).
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Screening and Molecular Modeling Evaluation of Food Peptides to Inhibit Key Targets of COVID-19 Virus. Biomolecules. 2021 02 22; 11(2).
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Adjunctive Nutraceutical Therapies for COVID-19. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Feb 16; 22(4).
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The Popularity of the Biologically-Based Therapies During Coronavirus Pandemic Among the Google Users in the USA, UK, Germany, Italy and France. Complement Ther Med. 2021 May; 58:102682.
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Network machine learning maps phytochemically rich "Hyperfoods" to fight COVID-19. Hum Genomics. 2021 01 02; 15(1):1.
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Evaluation of dietary supplement, functional food and herbal medicine use by dietitians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Nutr. 2021 04; 24(5):861-869.
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Garlic (Allium sativum L.): a potential unique therapeutic food rich in organosulfur and flavonoid compounds to fight with COVID-19. Nutr J. 2020 11 18; 19(1):124.