Food Bioactive Compounds and Emerging Processing and Extraction Techniques

Dear Colleagues,

The study of bioactive compounds present in various food sources and their importance in human health has gained great relevance. Food bioactive compounds refer to molecules that, without being nutrients and being non-essential for our organism, have the capacity to modulate one or more metabolic processes that ultimately result in the promotion of health. Plant materials (such as fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, and seeds, among others) can be good sources of natural bioactive compounds. Plant foods are a complex matrix involving the combination of several types of bioactive compounds or phytochemicals, which has become a great challenge for the food industry in the extraction, separation, identification, and characterization of these compounds.

This Special Issue explores prominent advanced extraction procedures, including sample preparation, data acquisition, analysis, and statistical integration, adapted to sample complexity. The extraction procedure, as a part of food processing, is a very important step with a great impact on the analysis and characterization of bioactive compounds, as bioactive compounds are present in food at low concentrations, and the extraction technique is critical in achieving efficient extraction and simultaneously removing some potential compounds that can interfere.

We welcome different types of manuscript submissions, including original research articles and up-to-date reviews.

Dr. Rosa Maria Cámara
Dr. Francesca Bot
Dr. Elena Arranz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• microextraction techniques
• extraction techniques
• supercritical extraction
• subcritical fluid extraction
• natural products extraction
• green extraction
• sustainable extraction methods
• dispersive solid-phase extraction
• ultrasound-assisted extraction
• food bioactive compounds
• polyphenols
• antioxidants
• carotenoids