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Effects of Biotic/Abiotic Stress on Plant Metabolism submission deadline 13 Aug 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13076
Keywords: biotic and abiotic stresses; plant primary and secondary metabolites; plant stress response; plant metabolomics; biologically active plant metabolites; phytochemical composition of plant metabolites; biotechnological production of plant metabolites; biostimulants for plant stress mitigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Lifestyle Interventions: A Challenging Therapeutic Strategy for Metabolic Syndrome 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2146 | Submission Open
Keywords: diabetes; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; obesity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Honorary Special Issue Dedicated to Prof. Giovanni Targher–the Metabolic Fatty Liver Syndromes: MASLD/MAFLD/NAFLD submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1034 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD); nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD); fatty liver
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Effect of Exogenous or Endogenous Regulatory Factors on Metabolic Responses of Plants to Biotic/Abiotic Stress
edited by
submission deadline 18 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1409 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotic and abiotic stresses; biochemistry and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites; stress response and metabolic regulation; plant metabolomics under stress; lipid metabolism; root exudates composition under stress; exogenous or endogenous regulatory factors; ROS and antioxidants; plant regulation signaling pathways; plant growth promotion and metabolic mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Cellular Metabolism in Neurological Disorders submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7990 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolism  ; neurodegeneration  ; mitochondria  ; glycogen; therapeutic targets; neurons; glia
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
Metabolism in Aquatic Products
edited by Kuohsun Chiu
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1978 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolism; physiology; marine biology; fish; shellfish; nutrition; seafood; aquatic organism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Animal Nutritional Metabolism and Toxicosis Disease
edited by
submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1456 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-fat food; mammals; fish; metabolic blocks; toxosis; treatment of disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Proteomics and Metabolomics in Veterinary and Animal Health submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; proteomics; bioinformatics; omics data integration; mass spectrometry; veterinary medicine; animal health; biomarker discovery; metabolic pathways; molecular interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Integrative Metabolomics)
Dietary Strategies for Metabolic Syndrome submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9583 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic syndrome; dietary strategies; mediterranean Diet; nutraceuticals; noncommunicable diseases; microbiota
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Metabolomics)
Molecular Mechanism of Lipid Metabolism in Periparturient Animal Liver
edited by , , Chuang Xu, and Lamei Wang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7786 | Submission Open
Keywords: periparturient animal; negative energy balance; fat mobilization; lipid metabolism; fatty liver
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Trace Metal Element Metabolism in Biological Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7552 | Submission Open
Keywords: trace metal elements; homeostasis mechanism; protein misfolding; protein modification; autophagy; human disease; plant disease; epidemic disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Novel Metabolomics and Techniques for Metabolic Disorders in Intestinal Microbiota
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6852 | Submission Open
Keywords: intestinal microbiota; metabolomics; LC-MS; GC-MS; virulence factor; microbial and host co-metabolite; metabolic reprogramming; metabolic disorders
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics)
Association between Natural Products and the Metabolism in Humans
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3763 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; molecular mechanisms; metabolic transformation; cell metabolism; ADME; metabolomics; bioactivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Metabolic Pathway Mapping and Enrichment
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3558 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolite; metabolomics; systems biology; data analysis; bioinformatics; metabolite pathway mapping; metabolite pathway enrichment analysis (MPEA)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics and Data Analysis)
Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction: Disease Development and Breaking the Cycle
edited by Paulo Cezar de Freitas Mathias, Lucas Paulo Jacinto Saavedra and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3506 | Submission Open
Keywords: obesity; diabetes; DOHaD; metabolic programming; treatment; intervention; cardiovascular disease; metabolic syndrome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Metabolism submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2419 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-communicable diseases; vascular aging; exercise intervention; hypoxic conditions; cardiometabolic biomarkers; arterial stiffness; endothelial dysfunction; sports performances
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Environmental Factors Affecting Fish Metabolism submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1736 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioaccumulation; biotoxins; drugs and metabolites; molecular biology; nanocontaminants; oxidative stress; physiological condition; OMICs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Bioactive Compounds in Animal Nutrition Resources and Animal By-Products
edited by and Mario Cuchillo Hilario
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1458 | Submission Open
Keywords: alternative sources; animal nutrition; bioactive compounds; metabolites; animal products; consumer health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Gut Microbe-Derived Metabolites in the Onset of Chronic Diseases
edited by Jonathan Wei Jie Lee and Adrian Low
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 852 | Submission Open
Keywords: gut microbiome; chronic gut disease; sulfidogenic bacteria; methanogens; secondary bile acids; short-chain fatty acids; tryptophan metabolites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics)
Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Microbial Metabolism in Animal Health
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal health; metabolite markers; metabolomics; microbial metabolism; microbial metabolite; microbial intervention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Animal Metabolism)
Towards Clinical Interpretation of Metabolomic Data
edited by Tomáš Adam
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochemistry; data mining; metabolism; biochemical interpretation; plasma; serum; urine; cerebrispinal fluid; biofluids; human; biochemistry; metabolomic; metabolic diseases; clinical diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics and Data Analysis)
Advancement of Microbiome and Metabolomics in Understanding Immune Homeostasis
edited by Bing Ma and Young Suk Lee
submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiome; metabolite; immune homeostasis; host– microbe interaction; integrative multi-omics; microbial ecology; T cell differentiation; regulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics)
Exploring Uric Acid and Beyond submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2944 | Submission Open
Keywords: uric acid; cardiovascular risk; kidney disease; obesity; diabetes; lipid metabolism; immune programming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Hypothalamic Regulation of Whole-Body Energy Metabolism: From Physiology to Pathophysiology
edited by
submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1516 | Submission Open
Keywords: obesity; whole-body energy homeostasis; metabolic regulation; hypothalamus; food intake; neuroinflammation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Nutrition and Supplements Intervening on Exercise Ability and Metabolism submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1231 | Submission Open
Keywords: dietary supplements; supplementation; sports nutritional; metabolism; exercise physiology; exercise capacity; biological regeneration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Effects of Bioactive Compounds on Metabolic Syndrome submission deadline 16 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5583 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic syndrome; bioactive compounds; secondary plant metabolites; cardiovascular disease; obesity; diabetes mellitus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Metabolomics)
LC-MS/MS Analysis for Plant Secondary Metabolites
edited by Tiantian Ye and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1740 | Submission Open
Keywords: liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; secondary metabolites; metabolomics; abiotic and biotic stress; plant development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Proteomics and Metabolomics of Extracellular Vesicles submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open
Keywords: extracellular vesicles; proteomics; metabolomic; lipidomic; EV cargo; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Metabolism)
Metabolic Cancer Therapy: Targeting Tumor Metabolism for Innovative Adjuvant Treatment submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12264 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer metabolism; glycolysis; glutaminolysis; ketone bodies; mitochondrial dysfunction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Lipid Biomarkers and Cardiometabolic Diseases
edited by Hyun Suk Yang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7601 | Submission Open
Keywords: lipid profiles; lipid metabolism; cholesterol; dietary fat; cardiovascular diseases; metabolic diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lipid Metabolism)
Metabolomics Strategies in Research of Honey Bee Products submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4184 | Submission Open
Keywords: honey bee products; chemical profiles; targeted metabolomics; untargeted metabolomics; biomarkers; authenticity assessment; bioactive compounds; bioactive potential; metabolic perturbations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Metabolomics)
Role of Gut-Derived Metabolites in Health and Disease submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3905 | Submission Open
Keywords: gut microbiome; host– microbiota interactions; metabolic phenotyping; nutrients; pro- and antibiotics; preclinical and clinical metabolomics; quantitative NMR and MS; MALDI imaging; metabolites; lipids
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Lipid Metabolism and Cardiometabolic Diseases: Latest Advances and Prospects
edited by Melania Gaggini and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2781 | Submission Open
Keywords: lipidomic; lipotoxicity; oxidative stress; obesity; dyslipidemia; cardiovascular risk; diabetes; insulin resistance; fatty liver
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lipid Metabolism)
Metabolic Changes during Pre- and Post-harvest Fruit and Vegetable Decay, Ripening and Senescence submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2653 | Submission Open
Keywords: pre- and post-harvest technology; bio-stimulants and abiotic stress; nutritional quality; metabolic pathway; bioactive compounds; chilling injury
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Children: Insights, Interventions and Emerging Perspectives
edited by and Wieland Kiess
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 921 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic syndrome in children; childhood obesity; hypertension; glucose tolerance; insulin resistance; nutritional status; metabolomics; oxidative stress; trace elements— selenium
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Untargeted Metabolomics and Bacterial Metabolism
edited by Carlos J. García and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; bacteria metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics)
Novel Concept and Therapeutic Implications of Inborn Errors of Metabolism
edited by , , Igor Braga Farias and Roberta Ismael Lacerda MacHado
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open
Keywords: inborn errors of metabolism; inherited metabolic disorders; neurometabolic disorders; metabolomics; gene therapy; enzyme replacement therapy; nutritional (dietary) therapy; small interfering (siRNA)-based therapy; pharmacological chaperone therapy; bone-marrow-derived stem cell transplantation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Nitrogen Nutrition and Metabolic Aging
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive peptides; exogenous nucleotides; nutrition; life-course health; hydrolyzed protein; nitrogen; oligopeptides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advances in Metabolomics)
Research on Pharmacotherapy of Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease
edited by Aleksandra Bołdys
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open
Keywords: liver diseases; metabolomics; metabolic diseases; metabolic dysregulation; targeted therapies; MASLD
(This special issue belongs to the Section Pharmacology and Drug Metabolism)
Advances in Food Sciences: Metabolomics to Unravel the Complexity of Food Metabolites submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open
Keywords: foodomics; nutrimetabolomics; phytochemicals; food chemistry; food analysis; dark matter in diet; nutritional dark matter; nutritional hormesis; untargeted/targeted analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Metabolomics)
Natural Products and Dietary Supplements in Weight Loss: Metabolomic Perspectives
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; weight loss; fat loss; nutraceuticals; obesity; natural products; dietary sup-plements; phytochemicals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Integrative Metabolomics)
Metabolism and Immunomodulation in Liver Diseases
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: liver diseases; cellular interactions; immunomodulation; hepatic metabolism; hepatic fibrosis; hepatic carcinogenesis; ductular reaction; cell fates; secretome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Future Trends and Emerging Applications in Metabolomics
edited by , and Chengguo Xing
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; metabolism; interaction studies; pharmacokinetics; bioavailability; mass spectrometry; bioanalysis; biomarkers; nutrients; animal studies enzymes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Application of Metabolic Imaging in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Prasanta Dutta
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolism in cancer; imaging tumor metabolism; hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging; positron emission tomography; deuterium metabolic MR imaging; proton spectroscopy; mass spectrometry imaging; NMR metabolomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metabolomic Profiling Technology)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Powered Metabolomics: Progress and Future Prospects
edited by Abhinav Dubey
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open
Keywords: solution-state NMR; metabolism; clinical studies; biomarker discovery; high-throughput data analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advances in Metabolomics)
Harnessing the Power of NMR Metabolomics in Unraveling Metabolic Diseases
edited by and
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 853 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; NMR; precision medicine; translational medicine; metabolic disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Integrative Metabolomics)
Metabolites as Biomarkers for Inherited Disorders
edited by Jennifer Saville
submission deadline 4 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; metabolites; inherited disorders; diagnostics; metabolomics; lipidomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research)
Metabolic Pathways of Nutrition Intake in Obese Children submission deadline 5 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open
Keywords: children and adolescents; dietary habits; Mediterranean diet; metabolic pathways; metabolic diseases; nutrition; obesity; Western-type diet
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Metabolism)
Metabolomics and Plant Defence
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16663 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; plant defense; biotic and abiotic stresses; phytohormone; metabolites and metabolic homeostasis; metabolomic profiling methodology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Metabolism)
Metabolomics and Machine Learning for Improved Diagnostics and as a Tool to Accelerate Drug Development
edited by
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4572 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; machine learning; biomarkers; diagnostics; drug development; NMR; MS; precision medicine; personalized medicine; omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metabolomic Profiling Technology)
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