Nutritional genomics, polyphenols, diets, and their impact on dietetics.

ABSTRACT: Nutritional genomics offers a way to optimize human health and the quality of life. It is an attractive endeavor, but one with substantial challenges. It encompasses almost all known aspects of science, ranging from the genomes of humans, plants, and microorganisms, to the highest levels of food science, analytical science, computing, and statistics of large systems, as well as human behavior. This paper describes the underlying biochemistry that is targeted by the principal issues in nutritional genomics, which entails genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. A major feature relevant to nutritional genomics is the single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes that interact with nutrients and other bioactive food components. These genetic changes may lead to alterations in absor

SUBMITTER: Barnes S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2692306 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature