Bioactive Compounds from Traditional Medicinal Plants: Extraction, Identification, and Health Implications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bioactive compounds, chromatography, green sample preparation, mass spectrometry, characterization, added-value products, cosmetics
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Dear Colleagues,
It is well known that bioactive compounds, which can be defined as plant secondary metabolites, play a critical role in the adaptation of plants to their environment. These phytochemicals, aimed towards human and animal biochemistry and metabolism, are being widely studied for their ability to provide health benefits. The obtention of bioactive compounds from traditional medicinal plants, as well as their characterization and application, has become an important part of the research field in recent years.
I cordially invite authors to contribute original articles, short communications or reviews that will provide the readers of Molecules with updated information about the recent advances in bioactive compounds from traditional medicinal plants. Such contributions may include green extraction techniques to obtain extracts from a wide range of plants and the identification and characterization of bioactive compounds including polyphenols, as well as their health implications and applications, allowing them to be employed as value-added ingredients.
Dr. Maria Celeiro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioactive compounds
- polyphenols
- secondary metabolites
- traditional medicinal plants
- extraction
- green chemistry
- characterization
- health implications
