Plant Extracts: From Extract Technology to Health Benefits—Volume II
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1384
Special Issue Editor
Interests: phytochemicals; polyphenol; functional foods; gut health; intestinal microbiota; metabolic syndrome; metabolomics; molecular nutrition
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Dear Colleagues,
Volume I of this Special Issue (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/special_issues/Plant_Extracts_From_Extract_Technology_Health_Benefits) was a great success and gained the attention and interest of many scholars. I take the opportunity here to thank them for their contributions and support. As the topic continues to gain the attention of scholars and play a pivotal role, we are looking forward to the launch of Volume II. I hope it will be as successful as Volume I and add significant value to the field.
The extraction of plant-specialized metabolites remains a challenge today. Indeed, the recovery of bioactive compounds from by-products deriving from agri-food chains fits the concept of environmental sustainability and circular economy. For this reason, optimizing extraction processes based on green technologies, characterized by low energy consumption, represents the goal of developing large-scale methods to be implemented at an industrial level.
This topical issue regards the validation of the functional activity of extracts on specific experimental models that account for the poor bioavailability and structural changes of these compounds, which is also due to the modulation of gut microbiota. Thus, this study on the biological effects of in vivo bio-transformed metabolites could represent another important advancement in the knowledge of the mechanisms of action triggered by these compounds.
Prof. Dr. Zheng Ruan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- phytochemicals
- green extraction
- natural extracts
- bioavailability
- gut microbiota
- health effects
