Nutrient and Metabolite Profiling in Food Science

Dear Colleagues,

Metabolic profiling and metabolomics are novel technologies in modern systems biology that have been used to fingerprint and analyse the total chemical composition of food products. Untargeted metabolomics uses different analytical methodologies, and targeted metabolomics is similar to traditional analytics. "Metabolic profiling" focuses on metabolite classes, and "metabolic fingerprinting" refers to analysing the entire set of metabolites without prior knowledge of any of the components. Both metabolic techniques are utilised in the search for new quality and authenticity biomarkers, and they undoubtedly contribute to a greater biochemical understanding of foods, as well as a molecular comprehension of bioactivities or changes in food production processes.

In this Special Issue, we will be addressing the area of nutrient and metabolic profiling in food science and technology. Metabolomics has been used in the evaluation of several food safety, food quality, authenticity, and traceability issues. It can be also used to define hundreds of compounds in foods, identify food byproducts in human biofluids or tissues, characterise nutrient deficits or excesses, follow biochemical reactions to dietary treatments, and track long-term or short-term eating habits. Hence, this research area is very significant.

This Special Issue aims to study both qualitative and quantitative analytical methodologies used to examine food metabolites holistically in connection to medicinal and nutritive variables. A particular emphasis will be given to the analytical breakthroughs that can be used to boost food metabolome coverage, as well as improve detection or extraction methodologies.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the application of metabolomics in food systems, such as food resources, food processing, and the human diet.

Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
Guest Editor

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• metabolite profiling
• metabolomics
• foods
• nutrition
• functional foods
• natural products
• food chemistry
• food byproducts
• eating habits
• nutrient deficits or excesses
• food security and sustainability

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