Bioactive compounds could be defined as phytochemicals, which can be extracted from foods or plant materials, and able to regulate metabolic functions leading to beneficial effects https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/bioactive-compound

A bioactive compound is a type of chemical found in small amounts in plants and certain foods (such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, oils, whole grains, etc.), which have actions in the body that may promote good health. ... Examples of bioactive compounds include lycopene, resveratrol, lignan, tannins, indoles, etc. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/bioactive-compound

Check https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349553585_Medicinal_Plants_Bioactive_Compounds_and_Dietary_Therapies_for_Treating_Type_1_and_Type_2_Diabetes_Mellitus

A bioactive compound is any compound present in the foods of humans, animals, or plants that has an effect on the organism consuming it. Kindly check the following link:

https://www.maximumyield.com/definition/3034/bioactive-compounds

Also, kindly check the following RG link entitled (What is a bioactive compound? A combined definition for a preliminary consensus): In which tried to find a combined definition which can be a platform to develop the "bioactive" concept, and reach a solid consensus on the term "bioactive compound".

Article What is a bioactive compound? A combined definition for a pr...

As an addition to previous information , nowadays present in synthesis materials used in human beings

Thank you Chinaza Godswill Awuchi , Manal Hadi Kanaan , Bestoon Faraj for the responses. I really apreciated and read the references. But, i 'm still confused whether enzyme such as cellulase from bacteria is categorized as bioactive compound since it can be used for biocontrol. Once again, thank you so much.

Bioactive substances are compounds that, by virtue of their physical-chemical properties, have a certain activity and positively affect a certain function in the body, and sometimes they do not just stimulate or change it

Thank you Prof Dr Suhad Qasim saeed Almousawi . But, i 'm still confused whether enzyme such as cellulase from bacteria is categorized as bioactive compound since it can be used for biocontrol.

Dear Helmy Tamrela

Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts (biocatalysts). Catalysts accelerate chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products. Almost all metabolic processes in the cell need enzyme catalysis in order to occur at rates fast enough to sustain life. Metabolic pathways depend upon enzymes to catalyze individual steps. The study of enzymes is called enzymology and a new field of pseudoenzyme analysis has recently grown up, recognising that during evolution, some enzymes have lost the ability to carry out biological catalysis, which is often reflected in their amino acid sequences and u.unusual'pseudocatalytic' properties https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme

Enzymes such as cellulase can be used to facilitate the extraction of bioactive compounds https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444635075000198

Agree with Dr.Suhad Qasim Almusawi

A type of chemical found in small amounts in plants and certain foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, oils, and whole grains. Bioactive compounds have actions in the body that may promote good health. Examples of bioactive compounds include lycopene, resveratrol, lignan, tannins, and indoles.

Link for detail study:

https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/bioactive-compound

Bioactive compounds have actions in the body that may promote good health.

Enzymes have been used in many aquatic environments according to the characteristics of cell membrane hydrolysis as well as the catalytic activity and performance under mild conditions. Enzymes reduce solvent consumption and increase the extraction efficiency of bioactive compounds. Kindly check the following RG link:

Article Optimization of the enzyme-assisted aqueous extraction of ph...

In which a study conducted to optimize the enzymatic extraction conditions of phenolic compounds of PGH with the three enzymes of tannase, cellulase, and pectinase, the combination of enzymes increased the extraction yield up to 112% in comparison with the solvent extraction method. The study suggested conduct more studies to investigate the possible use of these enzymes in the food industry.

Dear Helmy Tamrela A bioactive compound is simply a substance that has a biological activity, related to its ability to modulate one or more metabolic processes, which results in the promotion of better health conditions.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/food-science/bioactive-compound

Best regards, AKC

I completely agree with the opinion of Dr. Chinaza Godswill Awuchi enzymes are proteinaceous molecules that accelerate reactions, so I think that when appropriate enzymes and conditions are available for reactions they can be used to accelerate or to increase the extraction of the bioactive compounds.

Historically, the majority of new drugs have been generated from natural products (secondary metabolites) and from compounds derived from natural products. Natural products and their derivatives have been and continue to be rich sources for drug discovery. However, natural products are not drugs. They are produced in nature and through biological assays they are identified as leads, which become candidates for drug development and hence the term boactive compounds

Kindly look at this paper

https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(01)00995-0/pdf

Hi dear Helmy

Please check the following link:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/bioactive-compound

My regards