TY - CHAP AU - Sandra Gonçalves AU - Anabela Romano ED - Marcos Soto-Hernandez ED - Mariana Palma-Tenango ED - Maria del Rosario Garcia-Mateos Y1 - 2017-03-08 PY - 2017 T1 - Inhibitory Properties of Phenolic Compounds Against Enzymes Linked with Human Diseases N2 - Phenolic compounds comprise a broad class of natural products formed mainly by plants, but also microorganisms and marine organisms that have the capacity to form them. Nowadays the interest in these compounds has increased mainly due to their diverse chemical structure and wide biological activity valuable in the prevention of some chronic or degenerative diseases. The functional foods are a rich source of these phytochemicals, and this is the starting point for this book, which shows the state of the art of the phenolic compounds and their biological activity. This book integrates eleven chapters that show the state of the art of diverse biological activity of the phenolic compounds, present in some crops or fruits. BT - Phenolic Compounds SP - Ch. 6 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/66844 DO - 10.5772/66844 SN - 978-953-51-2960-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -