O projektu/About project

Summary: Due to a potentially positive role in human health, phenolic compounds from fruits are intensively studied. The gastrointestinal tract is the first system of the human body that can benefit from the presence of phenolic compounds. The bioactivities of phenolic compounds inside the gastrointestinal tract have been connected to the mitigation of diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, gastric ulcers, and celiac disease. However, there is still not enough knowledge to explain potentially positive effects within each, specific part of the gastrointestinal tract. To further elucidate various positive impacts of phenolic compounds in each individual part of the gastrointestinal tract, their forms, amounts, bioactivities and interactions with various constituents of the food matrix need to be further studied. Such studies will clarify the beneficial effects of phenoliccompounds in specific parts of the digestive tract and will provide an increase of the knowledge that will lead to the design of strategies to achieve the best beneficial effects in certain, specific parts of the digestive system.

Aim:The aim of this project is to study the beneficial effects of phenolic compounds from fruits in specific parts of the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and small intestine), and the influence of the dietary fibers b-glucan and cellulose, and foods containing the same fiber, on those beneficial effects.