Plant Polyphenols in the Immune and Inflammatory Responses, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural and Bio-derived Molecules".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 August 2024) | Viewed by 1671
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biochemistry and molecular biology of human nutrition and natural products with a focus on plant polyphenols from green tea, cinnamon, and cottonseed; biochemical genetics and metabolic pathways- carbohydrate, lipid, and RNA metabolism; protein/enzyme expression, purification, structure, function, enzymology, and proteomics; signal transduction pathways- insulin, tristetraprolin, and brassinosteroid
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Dear Colleagues,
Inflammation and associated immune diseases have placed a heavy burden on the health care system. Drug treatment aimed at reducing inflammation and related diseases has not been satisfactory, and thus complementary and alternative approaches need to be evaluated.
Plant extracts have historically been employed as alternative medicines for the prevention, alleviation, and cure of various diseases. The mechanisms implicated in the action of bioactive plant extracts are poorly understood, due, in part, to a lack of knowledge pertaining to the structures of bioactive components in most extracts.
Plant polyphenols are major bioactive compounds in plant extracts. They are produced by the plant flavonoid biosynthetic pathway and employed naturally as plant defenses against predators. Plant polyphenols are present in most diets and are beneficial to human health. They regulate mammalian gene expression in numerous studies. The anti-inflammatory activities of plant polyphenols are thought to play a vital role in the mediation of various health conditions in these alternative therapies; however, these anti-inflammatory mechanisms are not completely understood.
This Special Issue aims to highlight plant polyphenols in the immune and inflammatory response. Topics include plant polyphenol extraction, identification, bioactivity, the structure–function relationship, and molecular mechanisms at DNA, RNA, protein, and metabolic levels. We welcome comprehensive reviews and original research papers.
Dr. Heping Cao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant polyphenol
- bioactivity
- immunity
- inflammation
- molecular mechanism
- structure-function relationship
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