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Dietary bioactive compounds have the potential to modulate neuroplasticity and delay age-related cognitive decline through epigenetic mechanisms, although current evidence remains largely correlational and lacks direct causal demonstration in humans. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate how dietary bioactive compounds may influence neuroplasticity via epigenetic pathways and to outline a food-science framework for developing nutritional strategies against age-related cognitive decline.

September 14, 2026Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Bioactive Compounds as Putative Molecules of Neuroplasticity: An Epigenetic Perspective

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To evaluate how dietary bioactive compounds may influence neuroplasticity via epigenetic pathways and to outline a food-science framework for developing nutritional strategies against age-related cognitive decline.
Reviewed associative and mechanistic literature linking food-derived bioactive molecules to epigenetic modifications and synaptic plasticity.
Mapped candidate target hubs across major epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation, histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, and noncoding RNAs.
Bioactive compounds associate with dynamic modulations in DNA methylation, histone remodeling, and noncoding RNA expression related to neuroplasticity genes.
Direct causal evidence demonstrating that bioactive-induced epigenetic modifications improve synaptic plasticity or prevent cognitive decline in humans remains lacking.

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Review uncovers epigenetic mechanisms linking dietary bioactive compounds to neuroplasticity in aging, suggesting new targets for functional foods.

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Zhao et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Review uncovers epigenetic mechanisms linking dietary bioactive compounds to neuroplasticity in aging, suggesting new targets for functional foods.

Bioactive Compounds as Putative Molecules of Neuroplasticity: An Epigenetic Perspective

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Bioactive Compounds as Putative Molecules of Neuroplasticity: An Epigenetic Perspective

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