Bioactive compounds in functional food and their role as therapeutics

Bioactive food ingredients are non-essential substances found in foods that can modulate one or more metabolic processes, resulting enhanced health. Functional diets have attracted critical than ever as an alternative to conventional treatments of many diseases. The medicinal potential functional and nutraceuticals is due some unique groups produced metabolism their molecular variants. Phytochemicals biologically active, naturally occurring chemical compounds plants with various biological properties therapeutic benefits. While natural bioactive been used medicines treat chronic diseases for decades, recent scientific findings identify foods' health advantages present behavior's basic mechanisms. essential roles the prevention treatment oxidative inflammatory Plant-derived help suppress inflammation by inhibiting damage communicating immune system. Many components capable binding intestinal tract toxins carcinogens. These peptides control Diet-related medical conditions such obesity, cardiovascular diseases, other Various common role discussed this review.Keywords: food, phytochemicals, peptides, effects.