Animal Food Products to Support Human Nutrition and to Boost Human Health: The Potential of Feedstuffs Resources and Their Metabolites as Health-Promoters.

Recent attention has been given to animal feeding and its impact on human nutrition. Animal feeding is essential for meeting human dietary needs, making it a subject of significant interest and investigation. This review seeks to outline the current understanding of this disciplinary area, with a focus on key research areas and their potential implications.

[Carotenoids and their antioxidant function: a review].

Natural antioxidant in vegetables, and in some animals have been studied by their action in the protection of a considerable number of diseases, such as, certain types of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and age-related macular degeneration. Experimental evidences suggest that these compounds are important for protecting biological macro-molecules against oxidative damage. The search of new and more efficient antioxidants appears to be directed with carotenoids which have demonstrated that their consumption may reduce the incidence of certain diseases.