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SHORT REVIEW ON BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS RECOVERED FROM VEGETAL WASTE AS A NEW TOOL IN DIABETES, OBESITY AND DYSLIPIDAEMIA PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

SIMONA SPÎNU, ALINA ORȚAN *, CATALINA VOAIDEȘ

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Following the processing of vegetal material, impressive amounts of vegetal waste are produced at global level. Currently, vegetal waste management from industries that use vegetal material are of interest at international level, both for economic and environmental reasons. Metabolic diseases are clinical manifestations characterized by comorbidities as obesity, arterial hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes, which induce low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress. In recent years, for the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases, the development of new therapeutic strategies, with fewer side effects, based on bioactive compounds resulting mainly from plant waste, has been attempted. These biocompounds have various beneficial effects on lipid and glucose metabolism, blood pressure, oxidative stress and body weight. The aim of this short review is to highlight the bioactive compounds recovered from vegetal waste as a new tool in diabetes, obesity and dyslipidaemia prevention and treatment.