Natural antinutritive and toxic factors in foodstuffs Natural anti-nutritional and toxic substances are widespread in different foods. They are represented by a broad spectrum of compounds as phytic acid, oxalic acid, solanine, inhibitors of various enzymes and others. Consumed in excess the mentioned substances may significantly affect the human organism by reducing the nutritional value of food, inducing or aggravating of some pathological situations. There are elucidated also some opportunities to reduce or even to exclude the negative effect of these substances.

Substanţele antinutritive şi toxice naturale sunt răspândite în diferite alimente. Acestea sunt reprezentate printr-un spectru larg de compuşi ca acidul fitic, acidul oxalic, solanina, inhibatori ai diferitor enzime etc. Consumate în exces substanţele menţionate pot influenţa starea organismului uman prin diminuarea valorii nutritive a alimentelor, inducerea sau agravarea unor stări patologice. Sunt elucidate, de asemenea, unele posibilităţi de diminuare sau chiar de excludere a efectului negativ a acestor substanţe.