Characteristics of Selected Antioxidative and Bioactive Compounds in Meat and Animal Origin Products

Abstract

Meat and meat products have a high nutritional value. Besides major components, meat is rich in bioactive components, primarily taurine, l-carnitine, choline, alpha-lipoic acid, conjugated linoleic acid, glutathione, creatine, coenzyme Q10 and bioactive peptides. Many studies have reported their antioxidant and health-promoting properties connected with their lipid-lowering, antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory activity and protecting the organism against oxidative stress. The antioxidant activity of meat components results, among others, from the capability of scavenging reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, forming complexes with metal ions and protecting cells against damage. This review is focused to gather accurate information about meat components with antioxidant and biological activity.

The Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Taurine on Cardiovascular Disease

“…The taurine content per 100 g in seaweed (>600 mg), oysters (396 mg), and fish (130 mg), compared to beef (43.1 mg), chicken (17.8 mg), pork (61.2 mg), and lamb (43.8 mg) [11,12], clearly suggests that research on the biological effects of relatively high taurine is required to be investigated. Indeed, it has been documented that the weekly seafood consumption in Japan (up to 580 g/week) compared to the Western world (USA: as low as 63 g/week) might be associated with lower CVD and longer life expectancy compared to the Western world [13,14].…”

An Advanced Mode of Antioxidants Delivery System Effective in the Treatment of ROS and Skin Permeation of The Cosmetic Formulations - The Possible Application of Clove Oil, Eugenol and New Eugenol Derivative

“…Overcoming the lipophilic barrier, which is the skin, is possible for eugenol and non-polar -new ester of eugenol, which have molecular weights of <600 Da [18,45,54,58]. Besides better absorption of active substance by penetrating faster, the presented cosmetic formulations can provide endogenous action against free radicals, which is their superiority to the used in cosmetology pure acids (α-and β-hydroxy acids, TChAA), for which the skin is a barrier limiting their penetration [18,46,49,53,58]. In addition, the good permeability of cosmetic formulations containing eugenol, EDChA and DChAA through the skin and their proper accumulation in the skin ( Table 5, Fig.…”

“…Due to the content of phenolic compounds (eugenol) they may also show chemopreventive activity and affect the induction of cancer cell apoptosis [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57].…”

“…From the modern oncology point of view, the process of apoptosis is very important because it protects the body from the proliferation of sick, mutated or damaged cells and leads to spontaneous death of cancer cells. Cosmetic preparations containing eugenol and other phenolic compounds present in isolated clove oils may enhance the activity of chemotherapeutic agents and induce apoptosis of cervical cancer cells without toxicity to healthy cells [49][50]. Moreover eugenol has a hydroxyl group (-OH) associated with an aromatic ring with acidic properties, which could lead to antioxidant activity.…”

“…Aβ-amyloid induces the formation of intracellular ROS, causes protein oxidation, lipid peroxidation, increase in GSSG concentration and decrease in S-glutathione transfer activity. In Parkinson's disease, dopamine is converted by monoamine oxidase (MAO), which results in the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide, reacting with reactive oxygen species and leads to gradual degeneration and disappearance of the gray matter [48][49][50].…”