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MEAT SCIENCE
Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 904-911Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.04.036
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Health promoting meat; Bioactive peptides; ACE-inhibition; Nucleotides; Phytanic acid; In vitro meat
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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. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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