Biochemical Composition and Activity of Medicinal Plants and Food
A special issue of Current Issues in Molecular Biology (ISSN 1467-3045). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioorganic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 217
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antioxidant activity; bioactive compounds; medicinal plants; functional foods; biomolecules; nanobiotechnology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: antioxidant activity; medicinal plants; functional foods; plant stress; green synthesis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: phytochemistry; food chemistry; antioxidants; functional foods; food processing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For thousands of years, nature has been a source of medicinal agents and a striking number of modern drugs have been isolated from these natural sources, many of them based on their use in traditional systems of medicine. The most important use of these medicinal plants is their utilization as a source of food in the world. Plants are the main ingredients of medicines in most traditional systems of healing and have been the source of inspiration for several major pharmaceutical drugs. These plants have been used extensively in folk medicine to treat ailments and diseases and are still used in the rural areas of developing countries. It is necessary to understand the chemical activities, biochemical activities, and molecular aspects of potential bioactive compounds present in these medicinal plants, as well as how to detect them, for exploration of their futuristic uses. Today, it is estimated that more than two-thirds of the world's population relies on plant-derived drugs; some 7000 medicinal compounds used in the Western pharmacopoeia are derived from plant sources. Recently, much attention has been paid to extracts and biologically active compounds isolated from plant species with the aim of analyzing their pharmacological activities. The structural diversity of bioactive compounds and their almost ubiquitous presence in plants present a challenge in optimizing new extraction strategies that are environmentally friendly. Moreover, for their use in human health, encapsulation strategies to enhance the overall bioavailability of bioactive compounds are also a rising trend. Ground-breaking developments in research methodology and interdisciplinary scientific approaches in medicinal plant research are giving rise to innovative standpoints. Therefore, it becomes imperative to keep pace with the development of research and progress in the field of medicinal herbs. The current Special Issue will provide a platform for generating data and disseminating the recent research available in this sphere, especially focusing on the molecular aspects, throughout the world in the form of valuable studies, reviews, and mini-reviews related to future prospects in medicinal plants and their applications. Importantly, the exact active ingredient of these natural-origin extracts must be reported in the submitted manuscripts.
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Patra
Dr. Gitishree Das
Dr. José Basilio Heredia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medicinal plants
- bioactive compounds
- functional foods
- drug discovery
- tissue culture and plant propagation
- medicinal foods
- biochemical and phytochemical analysis
- molecular techniques
- hydroponics and elicitation
- emerging science
