title: Novel aspects of health promoting compounds in meat.
abstract: Meat is an integral part of the human diet. Besides essential amino acids and nutritive factors of high quality and availability, meat provides often overlooked components of importance for human health. These are amino acids and bioactive compounds that may be very important in i) preventing muscle wasting diseases, such as in sarcopenia, ii) reducing food and caloric intake to prevent metabolic syndrome, iii) blood pressure homeostasis via ACE-inhibitory components from connective tissue, and iv) maintaining functional gut environment through meat-derived nucleotides and nucleosides. In addition, meat could be an important source of phytanic acid, conjugated linoleic acids and antioxidants. Further, it becomes increasingly apparent that design of in vitro meat will be possible, and that this development may lead to improved health benefits from commercially viable and sustainable meat products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, Tjele, Denmark. JetteF.Young@agrsci.dk
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Therkildsen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ekstrand
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Che
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oksbjerg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stagsted
mesh_terms: D000601:Amino Acids, Essential / Q000032:analysis; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004032:Diet; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods*; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000378:metabolism; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated / Q000032:analysis; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000032:analysis; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010831:Phytanic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000517:prevention & control; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology; D015430:Weight Gain
chemical_list: D000601:Amino Acids, Essential; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000975:Antioxidants; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated; D009705:Nucleosides; D009711:Nucleotides; D010831:Phytanic Acid
keywords: ACE-inhibition; Bioactive peptides; Health promoting meat; In vitro meat; Nucleotides; Phytanic acid