About this Research Topic
“Nitrogen Nutrition and Human Health” has been a hot topic worldwide. Leading by protein, nucleic acid, and vitamin B groups, nitrogen composition in food plays a central role in human nutrition. In recent years, with the rapid development of food science and technology and nutrition research, the physiological functions of food active substances containing nitrogen, such as bioactive oligopeptides, dietary nucleotides, and their derivatives (e.g., nicotinamide mononucleotide) have been gradually revealed.
Identification and quantification of active compounds are of great value for revealing their functions. The development of omics technology and analytical chemistry has provided us with powerful tools to further understand the nitrogen components, and makes it possible to further discover, analyze, and identify food composition and biomarkers, as well as to explain the mechanism between Internal and external exposure in human. We hope to attract good research on nitrogen nutrition from all over the world so that we can have a more comprehensive understanding of their effects on human health. We still don’t know a deep relationship between nitrogen nutrition and human health. Therefore, as the first step towards creating this research area, the latest progress in our understanding of “nitrogen nutrition” will be presented. We welcome manuscripts from the following subtopics:
• Identification and quantification of nitrogen substance in food, especially by omics;
• Demonstration of the molecular mechanisms of nitrogen substances (such as bioactive oligopeptides, exogenous nucleotides) exhibiting health functions in vivo and in vitro;
• The investigation of metabolism and bioactivities of nitrogen substances by using clinical trials;
• Effects of nitrogen substance on chronic diseases, and the mechanism;
• Nitrogen substance-derived functional foods.
Identification and quantification of active compounds are of great value for revealing their functions. The development of omics technology and analytical chemistry has provided us with powerful tools to further understand the nitrogen components, and makes it possible to further discover, analyze, and identify food composition and biomarkers, as well as to explain the mechanism between Internal and external exposure in human. We hope to attract good research on nitrogen nutrition from all over the world so that we can have a more comprehensive understanding of their effects on human health. We still don’t know a deep relationship between nitrogen nutrition and human health. Therefore, as the first step towards creating this research area, the latest progress in our understanding of “nitrogen nutrition” will be presented. We welcome manuscripts from the following subtopics:
• Identification and quantification of nitrogen substance in food, especially by omics;
• Demonstration of the molecular mechanisms of nitrogen substances (such as bioactive oligopeptides, exogenous nucleotides) exhibiting health functions in vivo and in vitro;
• The investigation of metabolism and bioactivities of nitrogen substances by using clinical trials;
• Effects of nitrogen substance on chronic diseases, and the mechanism;
• Nitrogen substance-derived functional foods.
Keywords: bioactive peptides, exogenous nucleotides, nutrition, life-course health, hydrolyzed protein, nitrogen, oligopeptides
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