Abstract
Heart and blood vessels disorders comprise one of the main causes of death worldwide. Pharmacologically active natural compounds have been used as a complementary therapy in cardiovascular disease around the world in a traditional way. Dietary, natural bioactive compounds, as well as healthy lifestyles, are considered to prevent coronary artery diseases. Pre-clinical and clinical studies reported that consumption of plant-food bioactive derivatives including polyphenolic compounds, peptides, oligosaccharides, vitamins, unsaturated fatty acids possess protective effects on cardiovascular diseases. This review aims to summarize the cardiovascular risk factors, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials related to cardioprotective properties of the plant-food-derived bioactive compounds. Molecular mechanisms by the natural bioactive compounds exert their cardiovascular protective properties have also been highlighted.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2326 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Funding
Acknowledgments: N. Martins would like to thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT–Portugal) for the Strategic project ref. UID/BIM/04293/2013 and “NORTE2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte” (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000012) and C. F. Rodrigues for the UID/EQU/00511/2019 Project—Laboratory of Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology, and Energy—LEPABE financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC). N. Martins would like to thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-Portugal) for the Strategic project ref. UID/BIM/04293/2013 and ?NORTE2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte? (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000012) and C. F. Rodrigues for the UID/EQU/00511/2019 Project-Laboratory of Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology, and Energy-LEPABE financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC).
Funders | Funder number |
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FCT-Portugal | |
FCT/MCTES | |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | UID/BIM/04293/2013, UID/EQU/00511/2019, NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000012 |
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior |
Keywords
- Arterial hypertension
- Atherosclerosis
- Cardio-protective pharmacotherapy
- Classical and emerging risk factors
- Coronary artery disease
- Diabetes
- Diet
- Food
- Lifestyle
- Plant-food bioactive compounds