Nutraceuticals and Human Health

In this Special Issue we have published papers on the health-promoting effects of nutraceuticals from different sources and their effects in different pathologies. Extracts from plants have been analyzed for example extracts from olive leaves Mikania micrantha the devils claw. The effects of these extracts and dietary supplements have been studied in diseases associated with obesity and in diseases where inflammation pathways are involved. The effectiveness of resveratrol and curcumin to support the anticancer activity of cisplatin has also been reported as well as the ability of devils claw root extract to stimulate the CB2 receptors in synoviocytes in osteoarthritis patients. The anti-oxidant effect of marine phytoplankton has been studied on muscle damage both in humans and in an animal model and the effects of the metabolite of antocianin were analyzed in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Finally reviews on the use of lactoferrin ω3 and ω6 and abscisic acid have been reported in addition to the crosstalk between prostate cancer and microbiota inflammation. Although it is not yet possible to draw definitive conclusions on the use of nutraceuticals several mechanisms of action for many of them have been further clarified.