Plant-Sourced Functional and Bioactive Compounds—Nature’s Blueprint for Improving Human Well-Being
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 282
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biological activity; antioxidants; analytical methods; phytochemistry; bioaccessibility; food chemistry; fruit quality
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Interests: dietary habits; healthy lifestyle; eating disorders; plant-based nutrition; phytochemistry; food chemistry; fruit characteristics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants are an inexhaustible object of scientific research, as evidenced by the strong interest in them for decades, and are still an interesting resource for bioactive substances and opportunities to potentially improve human life. Of course, a range of molecular research on potential hazards should also be conducted so that people can confidently turn to nature’s products as a source of real solutions to improve, maintain and protect health.
Plants, on the other hand, have been a part of the food, clothing and in general of the daily life of people since ancient times, with which they have gained/acquired popularity and are known to people for their benefits, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic, analgesic, antidiabetic, anti-atherogenic, antiproliferative, as well as cardio- and neuroprotective activities and drawbacks (skin reactions, mycotoxins). However, the role of scientists is to focus/channel the accumulated knowledge over the years, to explain it and to confirm or deny it, respectively, with the help of the tools of modern science (e.g., chemistry, biophysics, and biochemistry). Although we think that everything is known there is still undiscovered and unexplored, which challenges the scientific community.
In this regard, researchers are strongly encouraged to submit their work in our current special issue on “Plant-Sourced Functional and Bioactive Compounds—Nature’s Blueprint for Improving Human Well-Being” and to expand the range of data available in reviews or research studies.
Please note: papers describing the effects of mixed extraction from natural origin and substances without clear ingredients, such as complex prescriptions, crude extracts, and herbal mixtures, do not fall within the scope of IJMS.
Dr. Dasha Mihaylova
Dr. Aneta Popova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plants
- antioxidants
- phytochemicals
- phyto-nutrition
- natural products
- health enhancing
