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The Effects of B-Vitamins, Dietary Bioactive Agents and Functional Foods on Hyperhomocysteinemia

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Nutritional Management and Metabolic Aspects of Hyperhomocysteinemia

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Hyperhomocysteinemia is a popular status among old individuals. Lately, there is mounting evidence of a positive correlation between hyperhomocysteinemia and geriatric disorders specially cardiovascular diseases. Recently, modern functional food techniques express promising impact in lowering homocysteine related coronary artery complications through various vitamins supplementation contained diet. Functional foods encompass a variety of bioactive agents that scientifically and experimentally proved a powerful influence not only on an individual’s health but also on the state of mind, and physical performance as well. Accordingly, this chapter elucidated various types of bioactive agents like vitamins, amino acids, and even cofactor that are chiefly in charge of homocysteine metabolism. Most of these implicated bioactive ingredients are demonstrated along with their structure, function, bioavailability, sources, metabolism, and nutritional value displaying their role in regulating homocysteine level. To conclude, lowering homocysteine is a major public health problem to take care of. Also, countless researches proved that a strategy for lowering homocysteine through supplementation of vitamins contained food might stop or even slow the progress of old age-related cardiovascular problems.

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Abd El-Azim, A.O. (2021). The Effects of B-Vitamins, Dietary Bioactive Agents and Functional Foods on Hyperhomocysteinemia. In: Waly, M.I. (eds) Nutritional Management and Metabolic Aspects of Hyperhomocysteinemia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57839-8_18

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