Metabolomics in Medicinal Plants and Agricultural Research
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 93
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioactives; nutraceuticals; food chemistry; chromatography; mass spectrometry; metabolomics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metabolomics is becoming a valuable analytical tool in plant research. Mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are commonly used analytical techniques in plant metabolomics. Both MS- and NMR-based metabolomics approaches have been effectively used for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of plant metabolites or phytochemicals, especially those present in medicinal plants as well as those involved in plant–biotic/abiotic interactions. In natural product research, metabolomics is a valuable tool in discovering novel drug candidates and proving their bio-efficacy as novel drug candidates under in vivo and in vitro conditions. In the fields of plant biology and crop improvement, metabolomic tools have been applied to the qualitative and quantitative evaluations of plant traits, including understanding the role of the metabolites involved in plant–biotic/abiotic interactions. The application of plant metabolomics in plant biology and medicinal plant-based drug discovery is ongoing, with rapid improvements in analytical and data processing tools. The goal of this Special Issue is to collect the recent highlights and reviews associated with the application of plant metabolomics. Submissions related to the MS- or NMR-based characterization of plant metabolites, targeted and untargeted (MS or NMR) metabolomics studies, phytochemistry of medicinal plants, methods, and protocols used in plant metabolomics are welcome.
Dr. Deepak M. Kasote
Dr. Jisun H. J. Lee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mass spectrometry
- metabolomics
- plant interactions (biotic and abiotic)
- natural products
- medicinal plants
