Modern Analytical Approaches in the Identification of Polyphenols in Food, Food Sub-products and Plant Matrices

A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1538

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Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland
Interests: bioactive phenolic compounds; extraction process; analytical techniques; plant and food analysis; antioxidant; biological activity

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Dear Colleagues,

Phenolic compounds are a large group of phytochemicals which are widely distributed in commonly consumed foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, spices, coffee, tea, red wine, cocoa, and virgin olive oil. To date, more than 8000 naturally occurring phenolic compounds have been reported in plants. Dietary polyphenols can potentially protect against various chronic diseases. The most important effects of phenolic compounds include antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, cancer chemopreventive, cardiovasculo-protective, immunomodulatory, and hepatoprotective activities. Various literature reviews have demonstrated the potential protective effects of polyphenol-rich foods and their extracts toward cardiovascular diseases, certain cancers, and neurodegenerative diseases, mostly through antioxidant and chemo-preventive properties. Thus, current scientific research on polyphenols has aroused great interest and significantly attracted the attention of researchers.

This Special Issue of Antioxidants, titled “Modern Analytical Approaches in the Identification of Polyphenols in Food, Food Sub-Products and Plant Matrices”, aims to collect original current research on the health benefits of polyphenols and their identification in food, food sub-products, and plant matrices. Covered aspects can include, but are not limited to, different extraction procedures and advanced analytical techniques of the isolation and characterization of polyphenols.

We invite you to submit your latest research findings or review articles for this Special Issue. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

Dr. Alina Plenis
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Keywords

  • phenolic compounds
  • food
  • plants
  • extraction process
  • biological activity
  • analytical techniques
  • human health

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Characterization of the Metabolic Profile of Olive Tissues (Roots, Stems and Leaves): Relationship with Cultivars’ Resistance/Susceptibility to the Soil Fungus Verticillium dahliae
by Irene Serrano-García, Lucía Olmo-García, Olga Monago-Maraña, Iván Muñoz Cabello de Alba, Lorenzo León, Raúl de la Rosa, Alicia Serrano, Ana María Gómez-Caravaca and Alegría Carrasco-Pancorbo
Antioxidants 2023, 12(12), 2120; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12122120 - 15 Dec 2023
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Verticillium wilt of olive (VWO) is one of the most widespread and devastating olive diseases in the world. Harnessing host resistance to the causative agent is considered one of the most important measures within an integrated control strategy of the disease. Aiming to [...] Read more.
Verticillium wilt of olive (VWO) is one of the most widespread and devastating olive diseases in the world. Harnessing host resistance to the causative agent is considered one of the most important measures within an integrated control strategy of the disease. Aiming to understand the mechanisms underlying olive resistance to VWO, the metabolic profiles of olive leaves, stems and roots from 10 different cultivars with varying levels of susceptibility to this disease were investigated by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The distribution of 56 metabolites among the three olive tissues was quantitatively assessed and the possible relationship between the tissues’ metabolic profiles and resistance to VWO was evaluated by applying unsupervised and supervised multivariate analysis. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to explore the data, and separate clustering of highly resistant and extremely susceptible cultivars was observed. Moreover, partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) models were built to differentiate samples of highly resistant, intermediate susceptible/resistant, and extremely susceptible cultivars. Root models showed the lowest classification capability, but metabolites from leaf and stem were able to satisfactorily discriminate samples according to the level of susceptibility. Some typical compositional patterns of highly resistant and extremely susceptible cultivars were described, and some potential resistance/susceptibility metabolic markers were pointed out. Full article
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